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The Four Communication Styles
Why how you communicate speaks volumes about you
If the quality of our lives largely boils down to the quality of our relationships, it is imperative that we understand effective and ineffective communication.
Communication is such a fundamental part of a human’s experience, even the cells of one’s body require effective transfer of information among each other in order to keep themselves and one’s body alive.
The purpose of communication is to share and receive information on what is occurring and what is needed. All four communication styles have their functions and their reasons for being used. However, only one communication style allows for maximum relationship satisfaction.
Passive
Passive communication involves the reticence or even fear of communicating one’s needs and what is occurring in one’s life. Instead of commenting on a boundary being crossed or an instruction to be fulfilled, either nothing is said or the comment is hinted at.
This communication style is typically used when one feels that there is a threat to communicating their needs or instructions. Unsurprisingly, the people who often use this style may have been shamed from directly communicating their needs and instructions.
