Communication

How communication styles affect your growth in everyday life.

Your communication style began with your family. Learning how to respond and when to respond started from the expectations and structures of the older generation.

Communication Styles

“Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing -Rollo May.”

Passive Communication

Throughout therapy, I've noticed many patterns and one is my passive communication. I tend to think of others' feelings before my mind, in response, I dismiss my feelings and emotions by walking away. As a passive communicator, I don't resolve conflict, I walk away. The intense feeling of disagreeing overrides and then "the I don't know how to feel" feeling overwhelms me on how to effectively express my feelings.

My Mannerism of frustration

• Hand movement

• Walking away

• Being teary-eyed

• Cracky invoice

• Hand overhead

Assertive Communication

Being an assertive communicator is what I am working on. Having the ability to understand a disagreement is just a disagreement. Voicing my boundaries and respecting others' points of view as such. Being an assertive communicator comes with a lot of "I" statements along with empathy. Standing in your truth but also giving yourself grace and control of yourself and the situation.