If you have ever found yourself responding to someone in a conversation by being defensive, join the club. Whether in romantic, platonic, family or professional relationships, when someone lets us ...

Experts reveal how self-protective language can be a sign of deeper problems.

Someone told you to stop being so defensive. Your response? "I'm not defensive." Wait, was that a defensive statement? It may well have been. Defensiveness is common, but it's not always the best ...

You always do this; start gaslighting me. You’re the one who starts the name-calling! But you…. The fact that Allie and Jack are arguing over who is being defensive means they both are. What started ...

Source: Kane Lynch, used with permission. Most of us can benefit from checking our defensiveness. People often think and act defensively to protect themselves from information that threatens them.