reactive Add to list Share. To be reactive is
to be ready to react or respond to something else
— as opposed to ready to act on one’s own. A person who’s reactive does things only in response to others. … But if you’re a reactive person, then you only react; you’re always ready to react but not to act on your own.
What makes someone reactive?
When we feel stressed, angry, or hurt, we
tend to react impulsively
. We are in a state of fight-or-flight and tend to react emotionally, that is, to overreact. That overreaction is emotional reactivity. In that moment, our perceptions of the situation are altered.
What are the characteristics of a reactive person?
- They wait until problems pop up to address the underlying issue… or might only ever address the symptom.
- When problems do occur, they’re usually quick to address things.
- They tend to manage the pressure of “putting out fires” fairly well.
Is being reactive bad?
Your reactive behavior then makes the
situation worse
. When in reactive mode, you can turn trivial things into full-blown crises. While your friend’s, partner’s, child’s, and boss’s behaviors are all out of your control, your own thoughts, emotions, and reactions to those behaviors are firmly within your control.
What are examples of reactive behavior?
To react, to ‘act back’ on an event, is to respond by exerting the happening back on itself. Think of a few physical examples, like a
rubber band ‘reacting’ to being stretched
. Or a rubber ball ‘reacting’ to being thrown against the ground.
What are 4 characteristics of reactive people?
- fear truth.
- run from truth.
- refuse or accept to acknowledge truth.
- keep the focus on the problem.
- assign blame to others.
- question and second guess their instincts.
- live in confusion.
- attempt to live up to other people’s expectations.
How do you deal with a highly reactive person?
- Take A Brief Moment To Ground Yourself Before Responding. …
- Communicate How You Feel And Focus On The Impact Of Their Behavior. …
- Try To Understand Your Relationship Dynamic. …
- Set Boundaries For Yourself.
How can you be reactive?
- Come From Curiosity, Not Conclusion. …
- Get Back Into Your Body. …
- Take An Adult Time Out. …
- Label Your Feelings. …
- Make The Other Person Right. …
- Don’t Take Things So Personally. …
- Learn How To Pause And Seek Clarity. …
- Understand How You Think And Learn To Reframe.
What does it mean to be emotionally reactive?
Emotional reactivity refers to
the tendency to experience frequent and intense emotional arousal
. Both the threshold and ease with which individuals become emotionally aroused and the intensity of emotional experiences are aspects of emotional reactivity.
What’s another word for reactive?
| sensitive perceptive | sympathetic thoughtful | feeling understanding | receptive tactful | comforting commiserating |
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How do you respond to a reactive person?
- Think about responding rather than reacting. This may involve reframing how you experience life. …
- Take a breath. Buy yourself a millisecond of time before you react. …
- Get to know your triggers. …
- Replenish your energy. …
- Re-phrase your script. …
- Speak to a therapist.
What are the benefits of being reactive?
- Letting folks fail is a form of training. We all can look back on moments where we were allowed to fail and learned something important in doing so. …
- Reactivity can increase innovation. …
- Saves your energy for the really important stuff.
How do you talk to a reactive person?
Ask for more information and try to get to what’s behind his or her challenge. Tell your partner you are interested in how he or she is feeling and needing. Agree with each other that you won’t give in to reactive emotions.
Talk about your own needs
without invalidating those of your partner.
What does it mean to be proactive instead of reactive?
A proactive approach focuses on eliminating problems before they have a chance to appear and a reactive approach is
based on responding to events after they have happened
. The difference between these two approaches is the perspective each one provides in assessing actions and events.
What are reactive words?
sympathetic
, sensible, conscious, susceptible, receptive, compassionate, aware, sensitive, active, tricky, precise, tense, keen, nervous, touchy, perceptive, unstable, delicate, responsive, emotional.
What effect does your reactive behavior have on you?
Reactive behaviour can lead to a
state of anger and aggression
and in some cases, can cause sadness, guilt, anxiety and depression. It is because of reactive behaviour that people know that such strong emotions exist in a person.
