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Stop Rewarding Drama: Why Being ‘Polite But Uninvested’ Is The New Way To Handle Toxic People

BuzzFeed·Amy Glover·26 days ago
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What is “yellow rocking”? It involves  responding cordially,  but not in an emotionally invested way, to someone who typically upsets you.  You can speak to them lightheartedly, without sharing any information you want to share or getting trapped in lines of thought or discussion you don’t want to.  The therapists said it’s about boundaries. Some techniques like CBT help people to “notice triggers, regulate their reactions, and respond deliberately rather than reactively”, like “yellow rocking,” said Wotton. “ The BIFF method  used in divorce mediation – brief, informative, friendly and firm – follows the same principle.…

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