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Chapter 8: Relationship Communication

Human beings have a need to connect with others because it makes us happy.
You have to know how to communicate well in order to have good social

interactions.

What exactly will a healthy conversation look like? Are there ways you can
keep from communicating too much? Are there ways to improve the
communication between romantic partners?

Is Communication Important?

Everyone has a strong need to belong and connect. This is how positive
social interaction can give us better satisfaction in life and increase our
wellbeing. Helping to enhance social relationships can increase happiness
since spending time with colleagues or friends can build positive emotions.

You can interact with people, both nonverbally and verbally. You can
connect with others with just a smile. The main element to positive social

interaction will always be good communication. What does this mean?

Healthy Communication

To have effective communication, you need a receiver, sender, and a message
whether it is nonverbal or verbal that gets encoded by the sender then the

receiver decodes it. It will also include feedback, the receiver’s response, and
noise that could be anything that might interrupt communication.

Encoding means the sender transforms their thoughts into messages they
communicate. The receiver then interprets what they think is the message by
using the nonverbal and verbal parts. This might seem simple in theory, but it
happens, and there isn’t a message that will get decoded without some bias.

How we decode messages isn’t ever the objective. Everyone has their own

explanatory styles and filters that will paint the world as we see it.
Communication gets more complex because the sender’s message usually

isn’t just facts. We speak to tell others what we are thinking and to tell
ourselves what we should think. Speech is an important part of our thoughts.

Every message will have four facets: