Avoided Conflict

6. Identify a time when you avoided a conflict. Why did you make this choice? What were the results? What, if anything, would you do differently?

Conflicts are not fun. They are not enjoyable. They cause stress and take away time that could be spent being happy and personable. Personally, I used to avoid conflicts as much as possible before I realized that this was not a healthy way to deal with them. When I was in a long-term relationship in high school, conflicts occurred many times throughout. During these conflicts, I usually was the one that disclosed my feelings about a certain topic and my significant other would respond by lashing out and blaming as much as possible on me. After this occurred so many times, I began to hide the feelings that I had that I knew would cause conflicts between my boyfriend and I. Now that I look back upon this decision, it was the worst thing I could have possibly done. This resulted in me blowing up when things got too complicated followed by on and off break ups. As I look back that this entire relationship, I understand how things ended the way they did. Conflicts help relationships grow stronger. If two people that are in a relationship cannot work things out together, how is that relationship going to last? Now that I have matured and have encountered a healthy relationship, I no longer believe that conflicts are a bad thing and that they should be avoided. I believe that communication is extremely

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