The rest of the time, unfortunately, dominating will aggravate the situation, accelerate the conflict, and further antagonize the other person. Instead of being a slave to style, try to increase your repertoire of conflict behaviors. Give yourself some choices. This series will examine a total of ten conflict strategies. Abandoning Abandoning a conflict means, literally or figuratively, walking away from it.
Some conflicts amount to pointless jousting with few or no consequences, good or bad.
They are simply not worth your time and energy. Moreover, when you are terribly outnumbered, feel physically threatened, or find yourself in the middle of someone else's conflict and for personal, professional or ethical reasons don't wish to participate, then abandoning is probably the best choice. Try to keep it that way. Don't say you are walking away from the conflict and then attempt to reassert yourself later through covert attempts to influence the decision or situation. Don't abandon a conflict in the hopes that the other person will come running after you, begging or provoking you to return.