For my Communications class, we needed to identify a goal pertaining to communications for our individual selves to work on. I believe that my biggest issue is my reactions to things that are said that I find offensive. I seem to assume they are offensive and retort with a remark or reply that is meant to be just as offensive. I do not think of the underlying issue they are speaking about because I lose track of the subject matter at hand and jump into defense mode.
Many times when I am trying to explain something or narrate a story to someon, I am so intent on expressing the "intensity" of the story that I ramble on to forget about what the point of the story was and end up looking like a fool.
My goal is to try to focus on a story, get to the point quickly and express the intensity with body language rather than words so that I remember what I'm talking about. My goal is to also express that I was offended by something by means of anything other than offending right back.
To do this I will practice the steps of describing feelings and also practice making/producing proper though process when on-the-spot and overcome that anxiety. When it comes to my reactions, I can practice just taking a "time-out" to process my thoughts and then respond by reiterating what the offendee said, then state how and why I feel that way.
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