Personal Journal Entry: Managing Conflict Differently

Journal Entry # 9: Managing Conflict To start with, we all handle conflict differently and we all react to conflict differently. Some are able just to push conflict to the side, while others are able to fix everything and put everything behind them. At times I’m able to help solve conflicts without there being too much drama. On the other hand, most times I hate dealing with conflict especially if it doesn’t include me, but somehow I end up in middle of other people’s problems and majority of time I can’t even fix my own problems that I face from day-to-day. However, I discovered that I often avoid my problems either by pretending nothing is wrong or communicate with people indirectly about my problems. As a result of this, my emotions get bottled up because I’m not expressing how I really feel and I have a tendency to release all my anger on myself because nothing gets solved. …show more content…
I admit at times I do try to fix everyone else’s problems and my problems are left unsolved and what ends up happening is I’m left with other’s burdens and I forget about myself as well as forget what I’m going through. To be honest, how do I keep trying to fix other people’s problems if I can’t even fix my own? In all honesty, I don’t like my answer because I feel like I’ve given up on myself and that I’m constantly trying to please others by being that shoulder to cry on. To others, I may seem strong and self-reliant, but on the inside I’m actually breaking down and I’m putting on this facade to make people think that I’m okay.However, I noticed that avoidance is not always a bad thing because it removes you from entering certain situations. With the help of this chapter I realized that avoidance is not the answer and that avoidance doesn’t