Weaponized Incompetence

Coping Behavior

Behavioral CopingMaladaptive Coping

negative valencemoderate arousal

Description

Feigning inability or pretending not to know how to do something to avoid responsibility or burden others.

Physiological Effects

Frustration, burden, exhaustion (for the partner)

Reflection Tip

Is this truly a lack of skill, or a lack of will?

De-escalation Tip

Set boundaries; do not rescue or redo the task.

Associated Emotion Triggers (4)

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