Positive Face Treating Conflicts

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In my own words, I believe that there are so many issues that I’ve experienced personally when it comes to dealing with autonomous and positive face creating conflicts. Some of the issues that I can relate to, was a moment that I came to concerning the things that I loved doing. Continuing this new ideal thoughts as part of my truly needed some sort of a time away from family. This became an issue toward my parents mainly since I never really came forth face to face and told my why I’ve been acting in such way. Most these choices that I made, I thought was wise quite wise of me.
So instead of hanging out with my friends and going over to party or whatever during the weekend around night time, I would leave outside, go to the lake which is

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