Understanding True Passive-Aggressive Personalities June 4, 2021Aggression, Lying and Deception, Manipulation, Manipulators, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Psychology, Relationshipsautonomy, covert-aggressive, passive dependence, passive-aggressive, passive-resistance, personalities, personality disorders, shame sensitivityDr. Simon Pasive-aggressive personalities are very different from their covert-aggressive counterparts. And their manner of coping is incredibly self-defeating as opposed to self-advancing.