Dealing with Irrational People

How do you deal with irrational people in your life? Do they frustrate you? Do you feel a strong need to make such people see reason? Have you been successful with this approach? Of course we all have some rational and irrational aspects, so labeling another person as all-around irrational may be a bit of a stretch, so if you don’t like the irrational people label, you can soften it to “people who behave irrationally with you sometimes.” Your Irrational Side One of the best ways to handle the irrationality of others is to acknowledge and make peace with your own irrational side. When you accept that you don’t behave rationally all the time, it’s easier to forgive and accept the foibles of others, even when they express their irrationality differently than you. You’ll often see your relationship with your own irrationality being reflected in your relationships with others. If you resist your irrational side or try to repress it, other people’s irrationality may irritate you. If you accept and enjoy your irrationality, you probably won’t consider it such a big deal when people express their irrationality as well. I like to think of my rational side as the part of me that loves order and my irrational side as the part that loves chaos. I see value in both. Order tries to make sense of reality. Chaos generates new possibilities to explore. If all I had was order, life would be boring. If all I had was chaos, life would be random and...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Relationships Source Type: blogs