The Dumbest Thing In The Mind Analysis

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I would say that I can be a person that does not like showing how I am feeling or what things are going through my mind. I would rather keep things to myself and not talk about my feelings. But when it comes to my boyfriend I seem to be able to tell him what exactly I am feeling or what what my emotions are very easily. There has been many times when we have gotten into arguments over the phone or through a text message, looking back at some of them they have been the dumbest things but at that moment we are so mad we just said whatever comes first to our minds. Which can result in us not talking to each other till the next day or until we feel bad for fighting with each other and one of us apologizes for what was said. One time this happened he had done something that made me …show more content…
Talking over the phone is not a good way to talk to someone if it is has to do with expressing your feelings. My boyfriend have had our arguments and have worked on a resolution to help one another. With that I have learned that when he says something that makes me mad or upset and my first reaction is wanting to get mad and say whatever comes to mind. But I have been working on when I want to say something on how I am feeling I first need to think about what I am going to say and how I am going to word it better so he will not get mad and understands where I am coming from. Whenever I get upset and just want to burst out and say whatever comes to my mind I try to take a deep breath or walk away from the situation before I say something I will regret in a hour or so. I have also learned that arguing over the phone does not accomplish anything except more arguments. From now on if I even think we are about to start fighting through that text I will just drop the conversation or call him and try to figure out what is going

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