How do you manage misunderstandings with people? (1 Viewer)

[MinKarat]

TL;DR
How do you deal with misunderstandings and/or conflicts with other people? Also I'm not the best at communicating with others :D


I'm sure most people have gotten into disagreements with friends, but how do you get out of the awkward phase and repair your friendship?

Or rather, let's say you and someone else are victims of miscommunication and you oftentimes don't know how to communicate your feelings (not necessarily romantic feelings) with each other. How do you overcome that obstacle?
You might say "Just reach out to them, tell them how you feel, and move on", but it's much easier said than done. I tend to go for long periods with this uneasiness between me and people, and it might take several days or even weeks for me to reach out and confront them about whatever is going on between us, but lately I've been getting better at talking to them much sooner to avoid being in the awkward phase for a long time. I guess my only complaint is that I wish I wasn't the one who always has to reach out to people, I wish I could stop being the "bigger person" and let the other person come to me, but the sad truth is that I've tried waiting but nothing ever happens, so in the end, I always have to repair things between us. It's annoying, and maybe I should try looking for better friends instead of dealing with people who make my life more difficult

 

[CherryBomb345]

TL;DR
How do you deal with misunderstandings and/or conflicts with other people? Also I'm not the best at communicating with others :D


I'm sure most people have gotten into disagreements with friends, but how do you get out of the awkward phase and repair your friendship?

Or rather, let's say you and someone else are victims of miscommunication and you oftentimes don't know how to communicate your feelings (not necessarily romantic feelings) with each other. How do you overcome that obstacle?
You might say "Just reach out to them, tell them how you feel, and move on", but it's much easier said than done. I tend to go for long periods with this uneasiness between me and people, and it might take several days or even weeks for me to reach out and confront them about whatever is going on between us, but lately I've been getting better at talking to them much sooner to avoid being in the awkward phase for a long time. I guess my only complaint is that I wish I wasn't the one who always has to reach out to people, I wish I could stop being the "bigger person" and let the other person come to me, but the sad truth is that I've tried waiting but nothing ever happens, so in the end, I always have to repair things between us. It's annoying, and maybe I should try looking for better friends instead of dealing with people who make my life more difficult

Honestly, not well. i don’t have great communication skills at all, so either i ignore it or confront them about it, but that usually doesn’t go over well either. So it’s a lose lose situation for me. I’m guilty of waiting for the other party to come to me to resolve things.

 

[Abeamus]

I just try and resolve the situation clearly to try and avoid leading into another misunderstanding and making things worse

 

[Wingfrost]

I’m the kind of person to immediately try to solve the situation. I don’t want to lose a friend because of miscommunication so rather than stress about the situation I’ll try to talk it out with them.