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How to Deal with Interpersonal Conflict?
Do you feel like your are allways avoiding conflicting situations?
Are you feeling pushed to accept a deal where you don’t get your needs met?
Today I want to discuss with you how to deal with conflicting situations instead of avoiding them. You are also going to learn more ways on how to deal with handling issues and find solutions in every conflict that you encounter.
What if there are more ways of dealing with conflict? What if you could use these opportunities to strengthen and deepen your relationships adding a deep feeling of connection, more meaning and sense of satisfaction?
You may think that avoiding conflict situation to keep the peace.
But the question is, do you feel happy deep inside? Or you are just giving up your own needs of recognition and affection, in exchange of ‘peace’?
Here are some thoughts while dealing with conflictive situations:
- You have to be able to give in once in a while. It is fair for the both of you.
- Just agreed to avoid the silent treatment.
- It is best to calm things down.
- It is worse hearing the same things over and over again so avoid bringing up the past.
It just seems so easy to ignore the problems or just accept them, than trying to do something about your differences. Specially when you don’t know how to approach the situation and get something positive out of it.
Over the time, by acting like that, you fall into the habit of blindly accepting the situations, and their partner expects that that is the way you are going to react so they continue doing what they have always done. At your expenses..
Unfortunately, these unresolved issues tend to bulid up inside you and at the end there will be so much accumulate resentment it will be too late for you to save your relationship.
Small differences arise between people in their everyday lives. Both of you should be willing to commit to the resolution that you have made. Conflict can save your relationship If things are done in a thoughtful manner…
Meanwhile, you can wait for your next lesson, coming to your inbox soon!
Neil Warner
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