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What is ‘gray rocking?’ Should we embrace it or not?

By The DO Staff

04.09.26

Many pop psychologists and influencers on TikTok have recommended that one useful way to handle dealing with very aggressive and narcissistic people is to become as quiet and emotionless as a gray rock. In a 2024 New York Times piece (viewable with subscription), author Christina Caron explains, “if you adopt the qualities of a stone, becoming impassive and bland, then you will repel the argumentative, antagonistic people in your life who are itching for conflict.”