Journaling And Verbal Expressive Communication Skills

My expressiveness allows me to convey emotion while telling a story. This ability has made writing an important outlet for my feelings. I stay away from constructed pieces, and instead use writing as more of an art form. With flowing verses instead of rigid paragraphs, I manage to use my pen as an outlet of my thoughts. My writing shows my passion for the topics I choose to my readers and often looks at a different side of seemingly matter-of-fact circumstances.

In the confinements of my mind, I deny my feelings. It’s a coping strategy that I mistakenly think is healthy and is the right thing to do. At the age of 22 I’m starting to feel the effects of abandoning my emotions. I’m scared to express how I am feeling without others judging me. I find myself wondering exactly when I outgrew emotional bravery. Maybe it got lost somewhere in junior high amidst social anxieties and trying to fit in. I’ve adjusted my expectations, avoiding the hard, the different, and the vulnerable. I’ve learned tricks that closes the gap between reality and expectations just to make it a little easier. Who needs to express their emotions in a healthy manner? Those who are surrounded by me will get what I’m trying to say, right? Wrong. Katsunuma et al. (2015) refers emotional suppression to attempts to avoid or escape from experiencing and being aware of one’s own emotions. In the past, I’ve ran away from family issues, confrontations, and uncomfortable mannerism that should be addressed. By doing so, a chain reaction to every situation in my life, affects me emotionally, socially, and mentally. Research has shown how observation coping strategies promote positive psychological well-being because it plays an important role to help regulate emotions for those who prefer to detach themselves from their own states. For example, during the study, participants were asked to look at a negative emotional picture. Provided by the author, and was asked to remain

The most difficult aspect of testifying is having stage fright. Some officers and or people are not comfortable with speaking out loud and clear for all to hear in a public courtroom setting. Not only must the person testifying have to go through a direct examination but also a cross examination where it is intended to destroy the person's credibility.

Often, emotions remain bottled up due to the fear of developing a weak and powerless image. Protecting one’s emotions

At the age of 5, I cooked the hot wheels cars in the pink frying pan of my kitchen set and at the age of 7 I acted like my mum while my brother acted like a racer in the driver’s seat and at 12, my mum warned me to not get into arguments with boys and at 16,I was told to let my guy friends sit in the front seat while my dad dropped us for school because we had grown big enough to treat my guy friends as men who could demand respect and recently I was coaxed for not being expressive about my emotions. How about absorbing the fact that I am strong and don’t need an audience for my tears? But at the end of my reflective monologue, I realized that I had always been on the receiving end of this societal stigma. The dark humor of the truth I believed in blew my mind away.

I’ve also read that journaling, as an added bonus, can improve your health; I could certainly benefit from that. Apparently, studies have shown that people who write about their feelings whether good ones or even bad can experience less stress and even increase stronger immune systems. We all know how keeping it all bottled up inside can be a recipe for disaster. Who knew journaling could increase wellbeing and

Personally I feel that writing can be a great source in expressing our feelings, hopes, and dreams that can’t be conveyed through spoken words. Especially, looking at Autobiography of Red in which Geryon used writing to document moments in his life and how he felt during that time. The only down fall with writing is my case is organizes my thoughts to flow how I would like them to.

The only way you can become better at doing something is simply by continuing to work on your craft. Whether it is a hobby, an interest, or a profession, if you don't keep working, then you will remain complacent. A year ago, I thought writing was one of those things where I would just be complacent in. Not because I didn’t wanted to work harder at it, but because I thought of writing as one of those skills that came natural to you, or you did not have it at all. I always wanted my writing to improve but never knew how.

Freshman year, I grew in 2 ways; one which included gaining skills for academic success. I wanted to find a way to become a better writer while at the same time putting my feelings on paper, thus leading to my journal, or “diary”. I would write events that happened and my feelings and input on it. One thing I noticed was that writing

The beauty of writing is that we all have the power to write down how we feel about things in our daily lives or things that are occurring in our world. This is the most vital reason to why I love the concept of writing. Being able to write down how you feel about a specific thing without having to worry about anyone else judging your opinions is liberating. I view writing as a blank canvas. Something that's blank is empty or undecorated. A blank canvas hasn't been drawn or painted on yet, it's clean and unmarked. We have the power to decorate, personalize, and create whatever we desire on a piece of paper. When I become suppressed with negative emotions, I tend to write or type out what’s bothering me and by doing so, it helps me break down everything that’s making me upset or angry and figure out possible solutions to fix the problem or problems that are going on in my

As a student, I have always appreciated the challenge of coming up with words that truly express how I feel. Like a game, I play around with letters that are uniquely bonded to form words. From words to sentences to paragraphs, I have successfully written an essay. Yet, I feel like there is a missing piece, and if found I believe it would fit perfectly like a jigsaw puzzle. The missing piece defines the separation between great and good, and that is exactly what I found in ENGL 101. By using this opportunity to grow, I am prepared for the challenging topics in ENGL 102. One main progress is the change in my attitude. Changing my attitude not only changes the way I thought about the characters, but also the

I don’t consider myself a very good writer. I write when I am made to or when I have something that I need to say that I can’t just tell someone. I keep a diary. Usually my diary is just a record of what I have done that day. It’s not so much about my feelings. I don’t really like talking about my feelings, usually because most of the time I am confused about what exactly I am feeling. I tend to keep the feelings that I do have to myself, to protect myself from getting hurt.

During my typical teenage years up until only just a few years ago, I engaged in the usual defense mechanisms of artificial confidence, hiding my insecurities and holding in my emotions both to protect my self-image and eliminate judgments from others. I wasn’t ready to reveal my true self on the basis that people might use that information to hurt or better yet, to destroy me.

From this week, I think that learned something very valuable and applicable thing in my career and my personal life i.e. communication. In my opinion, communication plays a very important role for any relationship to have a strong foundation and make it last longer. At the same time, it very important how one expresses it and the other perceives it. The non verbal communication was one of the important thing to know for any person. There are a few components to non verbal communication like facial expression, eye contact, and touching.

When I was younger, writing in my diary helped me unwind from my childish energy, but now, reflecting in my journal drives my curiosity. As I write, I am persistently asking myself new questions. Because of my journal, I am constantly making connections and thinking deeper about the events that occur in my