Making Poor Communication.. Interpersonal Communication
Making Poor Communication
Nicole Thompson
COM200 Interpersonal Communication
Donna Mitchell
March 24, 2013
Miscommunication is the centre of interpersonal communication and occurs when two people have a conversation or some form of communication but leave with different opinions and/or understanding. Miscommunication can occur in a personal or professional relationship, often in personal relationships. We often assume that love ones know what we are thinking, feeling and/or going through, when we have never even had a conversation about what is wrong. We sometimes confine in a stranger, co worker or friend instead of speaking to the actually person who the miscommunication is with. I am the youngest of three, I have a brother that is 12 years older than me and a sister that is 8 years older than me, growing up it was hard to get my point across or get my parents and siblings to listen or understand me this caused a lot of miscommunications within in my family. Sometimes it seemed as if my friends or a complete stranger understand and communicated with me better then my family. I would automatically assume that because they were family the understood me and could relate to me but at times that was far from the case. \ I remember this one time we were all sitting around laughing and joking and my brother made comment about my clothes and appearance, everyone laughed and thought it was funny, I laughed off but thought the way body language and demeanor changed that he got the fact that it hurt me as well as embarrassed me, but he didn’t he continue the rest of his conversation. There was no apology later, no I am just joking I didn’t mean anything by it. I assume since there was no apologize and it was obvious that my feelings were hurt they intentionally meant to hurt me. The next day I didn’t say much to him and tried to avoid him at all cost.
By the end of the day he had notice that I was quite and was avoiding him, so he ask me what’s wrong at
Nicole Thompson
COM200 Interpersonal Communication
Donna Mitchell
March 24, 2013
Miscommunication is the centre of interpersonal communication and occurs when two people have a conversation or some form of communication but leave with different opinions and/or understanding. Miscommunication can occur in a personal or professional relationship, often in personal relationships. We often assume that love ones know what we are thinking, feeling and/or going through, when we have never even had a conversation about what is wrong. We sometimes confine in a stranger, co worker or friend instead of speaking to the actually person who the miscommunication is with. I am the youngest of three, I have a brother that is 12 years older than me and a sister that is 8 years older than me, growing up it was hard to get my point across or get my parents and siblings to listen or understand me this caused a lot of miscommunications within in my family. Sometimes it seemed as if my friends or a complete stranger understand and communicated with me better then my family. I would automatically assume that because they were family the understood me and could relate to me but at times that was far from the case. \ I remember this one time we were all sitting around laughing and joking and my brother made comment about my clothes and appearance, everyone laughed and thought it was funny, I laughed off but thought the way body language and demeanor changed that he got the fact that it hurt me as well as embarrassed me, but he didn’t he continue the rest of his conversation. There was no apology later, no I am just joking I didn’t mean anything by it. I assume since there was no apologize and it was obvious that my feelings were hurt they intentionally meant to hurt me. The next day I didn’t say much to him and tried to avoid him at all cost.
By the end of the day he had notice that I was quite and was avoiding him, so he ask me what’s wrong at
References: http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and-behavior/articles/2011/01/24/close-relationships-sometimes-mask-poor-communication Sole, K. (2011).Making connections: Understanding interpersonal communication. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.