How To Communicate In A Relationship

Communication is a bridge, which connects one person to another. And most of the times, it is the unspoken words that make a difference and not the ones that you manage to voice. Your body and your eyes, in particular, give out vibes to people around you and they, in a way, manifest your actual feelings. You need not say things to your partner; your body does the talking most of the times. However, at times, even body malfunctions and gives out vibes that you never intended to send. For instance, your body, when tired, may give out cold vibes to your partner; much against your personal wish. This justifies the need for a healthy and spoken dialogue. Absence of dialogue is the chief reason behind failing relationships. However, know that it is not incurable and can be healed by effective communication. A bit of conscious effort and some effectual communication strategies and voila! Your relationship could be back on track. Read on to get some tips on how to communicate effectively for maintaining healthy relationships.

 

 

Communication is not just talking. We all know that, but conveniently choose to forget. In a relationship, you mustn’t take any chance. Listen to your partner and see what his/her woes are. Maybe it is all in the head and you can just talk out things. But maybe, just maybe, your attitude is the cause of issues. If this is the case, you will have a lot more things to sort out, but before all of that, you need a start and listening is definitely a good start.

We get into relationships with wonderful people, but with the passage of time, we just forget how wonderful they are. Their niceness becomes mundane for us and appreciation a rarity. That is another root cause of decay of relationships. The attitude of taking things for granted creeps into a relationship and kills it from within. To maintain the beauty of any relationship, know that the magic once created needs to be polished, time and again. To do this, all you need to do is shower your beloved with appreciation and applause. A simple word of praise can wash away a million misgivings.

Don’t just sit on your hands and do nothing while your relationship goes to the dogs! Time heals, but it can’t possibly have the same effect all the time. It might just complicate life further for you. So, take matters in your hand and talk to your partner before things go out of control. Lest of what your relationship deserves is your neglected and ignored look!

Talking it out isn’t enough. You must interact with your partner on a regular basis. However, you need to realize that talking shouldn’t come out as a duty. There should be a natural urge or drive to talk your heart out to that one person. Remember, there was a time when that person was our oxygen and blood and survival without talking to them was impossible. Relive those moments and figure out what has changed. Fix it at the earliest. Interacting naturally is the best step in this direction.

You need to get this fact straight - this is not war and you are not foes. Compromising on some simple things would not make you weaker or less strong by any chance. People who say that maintaining your individuality, despite being with someone else, miss out on one key fact of life - in a relationship, two is actually one. You do not grow along side each other in your separate worlds, rather you grow together. Compromise is not a sign of defeat - it is a sign of maturity and mental growth.

Ego hurts and if you let it get into a relationship then it hurts all the more. After you have tried almost every conceivable thing to make your relation work and still the spark has not re-ignited, then you must not shy away from the idea of seeking professional help. And please, professional means professional - do not get your family or friends involved. Such mediators bring more harm than good!

Remember, you are with a person you liked the most at one point in life. That person is still there under the new demeanor - it is only the situations that have changed. Do not make rash choices or decisions just because things have been rocky for sometime. Every relationship goes through the tough phase, but you need to keep your faith intact and try hardest to make that beautiful chemistry work all over again!