#healthy communication

[unwelcome-ozian]

[polyamorousmood]

Good communication will not always result in a solid and sustainable mutual understanding, but its very very hard to reach a solid and sustainable mutual understanding without good communication 💬

[the-healing-mindset]

Just remember that it is important to build your skill in recognizing the individuals in your life who are healthy for you versus those who are not. Continuing to keep yourself close to the wrong people can put you YEARS behind where you could be in life, or might take you back to places that you healed from long ago. Lessons don't always need to hurt.

[desultory-suggestions]

Woah! Back up! Are you apologizing to them because it’s the right thing to do or because you are trying to soothe yourself by gaining their forgiveness?

[confusedraven1]

anyone else glad that the “killing idea” was forgiven but not forgotten by stede? and that he wasn’t trying to throw it back in ed’s face, but used it as a reminder that, just because stede’s made poor choices, doesn’t mean it cancels out ed’s?

[lightofemotion]

emotional safety in a relationship is so necessary for building love, trust, & intimacy with people

[phoenix----rising]

𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒗𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒌. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒂 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 – 𝒊𝒕❜𝒔 𝒂 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒖𝒑. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒊𝒙 𝒊𝒕, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕❜𝒔 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕❜𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕❜𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆.

[simsandgiggles]

The surprise pregnancy didn't really change much around the house. Boo still spends all his nights fending off the various haunts and ignoring the fact he's about to be a parent.

Bonehilda spends all her time knitting and ignoring the fact she's about to be a parent.

[gl1tched-g0th]

The day people actually internalize Impact Over Intent is the day I know peace. Coming from someone who completely refused to internalize it until someone else did it to me and I realized how fucked it was, you Need to take accountability for how your words and actions affect others - no matter your intention with them. If someone says that you hurt them by saying/doing something you thought was innocent and non-malicious, don't fucking brush them off by saying "Oh well I didn't mean it like that". Like. yeah your intent probably wasnt to hurt them, but your words still impacted them negatively.

I'll use an example of my own here. I had someone make a joke about an overzealous amount of food when I said I was hungry and, to me, it felt like they were implying that I eat a lot. At the time I was very very self conscious about how my body looked, and struggling heavily with an eating disorder. The person knew this. I tried communicating with them that I didn't appreciate the joke, and even if it was innocent in their eyes, it still hurt me. Instead of apologizing and asking if there were certain jokes that should be taken off the table, they blew up at me saying that I was making a big deal out of it and that it wasn't their intention, so I shouldn't hold a grudge, in their words. They refused to listen to the impact it had on me.

Don't get me wrong, you can definitely explain you didn't mean it in a malicious way, but you still have to acknowledge the person's negative perception of what happened and you have to work through it. Ask the person how your actions affected them and, stay with me here, listen to them. Don't just say "Oh Im sorry you feel that way" No. That often feels belittling to people. You cannot be shallow, especially with apologies. Instead ask if the phrasing set them off, and how you can either change it or avoid it in future situations. Maybe a joke reminded them of something negative. Maybe they perceived you being slow to respond as you ignoring them and it brought up traumatic memories. Just don't blow up at them and treat their feelings like an inconvenience and acknowledge their feelings.

Paragraph over bai <3

[hellcheerficdatabase]

the glowing heart thing

Author: @chrissy-n-eddie

Rating/Warning: Explicit

Chapter Count: 1/1

Description: There are things that Chrissy says these days that she thinks… probably if she didn’t have Eddie she would’ve taken them to the grave. But he looks at her and they just spill out.

Tags: Alternate Universe, established relationship, healthy communication, we love you, Eddie is embarrassed, Chrissy is curious, smut, Chrissy POV, one-shot, status: completed

[desultory-suggestions]

When was the last time you stopped and took time to truly thank someone close to you for how they’ve helped you?

[miraclesinvisibletoothers]

One thing my partners and I do that makes me feel so validated is that 100% of the time if one of us brings up something that is bothering us, the others will *thank* the person for bringing it to our attention.

Never once have I been made to feel like expressing concerns was anything but a compliment to our relationship.

[steampunkunicorn01]

So, I decided to switch up fandoms for my New Years fic and started this.

Based on this prompt

Title: Endless Road to Rediscover

Summary:  Life is going good for Danny Fenton. He's the Ghost King. His parents have accepted his secret identity. He's even getting good grades for once. So, when he decides to open up about his life before the Fentons, he makes a series of choices that will change not only his life, but that of his long-lost brother forever.

Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Danny Phantom

Tags:  Danny Fenton, Damian Wayne, Jazz Fenton, Maddie Fenton, Jack Fenton, Bruce Wayne, Sam Manson, Tucker Foley, Communication, Good Parents Jack and Maddie Fenton, Danny Fenton and Damian Wayne are Twins, Ghost King Danny Fenton, Bruce Wayne's C+ Parenting, Bad Grandparent Ra's al Ghul, Supportive Jazz Fenton, Jack and Maddie Fenton Act Like Actual Scientists, mostly - Freeform, Brotherly Bonding, Damian Wayne is Robin, Not Phantom Planet Compliant (Danny Phantom), new year's fic

[corvid-stan-account]

Treating Therapy Speak like it's a set of golden moral rules that apply to every single real life situation has really ruined interpersonal communication for a lot of people. I mean it's great for improving genuinely dysfunctional relationships and stuff like that, that's why it exists. But I'm gonna be so real, if you need validation and emotional processing time and a structured back-and-forth every time your feelings are slightly hurt or you disagree with someone, maybe it's a reflection of your own emotional maturity/immaturity. And I promise sometimes it is far easier and healthier to just take a deep breath and have a normal ass conversation

[lightofemotion]

You’re not crazy for calling them out on their disrespect. You’re not too sensitive for having & speaking on your feelings. & you’re not asking for too much just because you refuse to accept bare minimum efforts. Know your worth & don’t settle for anything less.

[atlas-sys]

Shout out to everyone learning how to have healthier relationships and communication with other people after not learning how as a child. It's so hard re-learning how to interact with people in a healthy way when it wasn't modelled for you and you should be proud of your efforts.