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Level Four: "Emotional
Talk"
Communication has five levels:
Hallway Talk, Reporter Talk, Intellectual
talk, and today: Emotional talk - "Let me
tell you how I feel." Now we
are getting to a high level of communication.
Some will find it far more
difficult to share their feelings than
to share their ideas.
Many couples do little
communication on this level because
they fear that their feelings will
be rejected. Husband says, "I'm beginning
to feel that you don't like
me." The wife may become defensive and
either start crying and withdraw or
else express her anger verbally and
tell him how foolish he is to
feel that way.
Or, she may have the
healthy response of saying, " I'm sorry
to hear that. I had no idea
you were feeling that way. Tell me
about it." If she encourages emotional
talk, they can deal with the
problem. If not, their talk reverts to
a lower level and growth stops.
Emotional talk is a normal part of a
healthy marriage.
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