We all have our personal communication
struggles. For some of us it in our professional life, and for others
it is in our personal relationships. For me, my personal
communication struggles happen in my closest relationships. My two
closest relationships that I struggle with on a communication level
is with my mom and with my girlfriend. I guess I have always
struggled with expressing my feelings and it comes out on the people
I love the most. For example, my when my mom calls me to see how I am
doing, I give her short answers and she gets upset. When my
girlfriend asks me how my day was, I normally just reply, “good”.
My girlfriend sometimes also gets upset with me because I do not
express how much I care about her as much as she likes, or as much as
she deserves. My mom always tells me that I need to express my
emotions more and be able to communicate to the ones I love. For me,
I feel like it is almost easier to discuss my feelings with people I
barely know, instead of someone I really care about. I think that
the course work in this class has helped me better my relationships
and helped me express my feelings to the people I truly care about
the most. It also has helped me understand other people and how they
communicate. I believe if I can understand how others communicate, it
is easier for me to adapt my communication to better fit other people
and improve our relationship.
Good post. I use to also have this communication issue and as you, I also have become better at communicating with the people that are close to me because of this course and other communication courses that I have taken. That good that that this class has helped you as well.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on your learning of expressing your feelings. I actually have the opposite issue of yours, that is, to keep many of my emotions inside instead of expressing it!
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