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#healthycommunication — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. As you're healing from old communication wounds and learning healthier communication patterns, sometimes things will go well between you and another person. 1/2

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  2. Anytime you try a bit of healthy communication and no one has a bad reaction, that is a resounding success. Even if it felt completely ordinary. Even if the other person just said "OK" and moved on. 1/2

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  3. I can still be completely honest and entirely myself, and also notice how I come across to others, what will affect them, and what they need to be okay right now.

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  4. People want to know that they’re making a difference. So when they do something kind for you and you write a thank-you, you’re cluing them in to what difference their time, attention, or effort made. And for most people on the receiving end of that, that feels really good.

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  5. There’s lots of ways to be polite, considerate and kind. It doesn’t have to be the way that neurotypical people do it.

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  6. 7 Ways to Handle Emotional Mood Swings Without Creating Distance.

    Closeness is built through calm responses, emotional awareness, and mutual respect during difficult moments.

    When partners feel safe and supported, connection holds even under pressure.

    datingdart.com/handle-partners

    #Relationships #MarriageAdvice #EmotionalConnection #HealthyCommunication #CouplesGrowth #EmotionalIntimacy

  7. When there are conflicting wants, or ideas of how to fulfill them, we can work together to find a solution that works for both of us, rather than settle for a win-lose or lose-lose trade off. 1/2

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  8. You’re never going to know completely and perfectly exactly what someone is thinking, feeling, or how they're interpreting what you say. This isn’t your personal failing. This is simply the nature of communication between individuals who are two different people.

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  9. There’s lots of internal states that are very, very different, but they can look the same on the outside and if people are just seeing those outside signals they’re not getting all of the information.

    #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Interoception #healthycommunication

  10. Sometimes people have the capacity to hear the full truth and the emotional bandwidth and the energy for it, and sometimes they don’t. It’s not an all or nothing deal.

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  11. In advance of a situation where you won’t have a lot of energy, it’s good to give general explanations beforehand (when you have the energy), so that in the moment it doesn’t look like you’re making excuses and the other person doesn’t make false assumptions.

    #Interoception #healthycommunication #healthyrelationships #ActuallyAutistic #EnergyManagement #AuDHD

  12. No one else will ever be able to reliably and consistently know what you need at all times, because they only have the outward markers of your needs, which are limited and can be misleading.

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  13. In the past, I was either a closed book or far too open with people, and neither was comfortable (or safe) for me or others.

    But I’m experimenting and learning how to keep myself safe in a fluid, ever-changing middle path.

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