Disconfirming Messages

In chapter 10, improving communication climates, the text discusses the importance of knowing the climates in relational communication. There various ways of disconfirming messages one in which that was discussed in the text was an impervious response. This is very common in messages because it’s when someone ignores another person. I thought this was very interesting because the place I am working at did this to an employee and they ended up quitting. This shows that it can be very powerful and you should be careful when you’re ignoring someone. Another way of disconfirming messages is verbal abuse. This is also very common and completely unhealthy when communicating. This is a way to psychologically abuse someone with mental pain. This happens in a lot in relationships and is usually when you are cutting someone one down verbally. Generalized complaining is another way of disconfirming. This is when we are characterizing fault of someone else. Interrupting is another way that can be a way of disconfirming someone. This is when we speak before another person is done talking. I personally believe that this shows that you are not interesting in the other person’s ideas or thought. An irrelevant response is when you respond to another person’s idea to something that is off topic. These are some of the many disconfirming messages discussed in the text.