Saturday, April 18, 2009
chapter6 question3
One concept of interest was that of withdrawal. Everyone has different ways of managing interpersonal conflict. I feel as though my style is a combination of engaging and withdrawal. Withdrawal was a pattern of behavior I learned growing up with a naughty brother whose actions I was to be accountable for as the oldest. Whenever I was about to do something wrong my immediate response was “I'm not getting involved.” I didn't was to get into a huge conflict with him over his bad behavior and preferred to discuss it with my mother. As an adult I've used withdrawal as a means of avoiding painful topics or as a means of stopping a conversation I don't want to have.
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ReplyDeleteWithdrawal is a very interesting topic. It is hard to figure out sometimes why we withdraw from certain situations while continuing to engage in others. I chose rules of disclosure for my topic of interest because I think it is hard to really know how much information is safe to disclose without either getting judged or scaring the other person off. I think women tend to disclose a lot more information than do men. Being a girl I find myself always wanting to know everything there is to know about the people I am around. Good job on your post. Very interesting.
Capone's Mom