My upbringing did not create a healthy affection for confrontation. I'd love it if everyone always got along, and nothing ever got tense.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have a very hard time with confrontation in my own life, and I end up being way too nice.
I had my moments for sure but I wasn't confrontational. And sometimes you get on the court and you'd find yourself very confrontational. It was all a discovery.
From a young age, I was rubbing elbows with a very different kind of person and social class, and I felt a lot of tension and conflict in my identity because of that.
I think I've actually had a pretty standard upbringing. My parents are really normal, so I've always had them around to keep me grounded.
I'm only confrontational with my friends.
Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.
I have tried to maintain civil relationships with everyone I meet - and, even if I violently disagree with them, try to be respectful.
For me being the youngest, there was never ever anything that was an issue to cause rivalry between me and my sisters.
Hostility comes from loneliness, from not seeing yourself like a drop falling into the ocean of humanity like everyone else.
As a person who is not confrontational by disposition I tend to see that the quality of being confrontational is a positive attribute.