Communication

Communication is vitally important in relationships, whether that is romantically/platonically/to other family members or emotionally, because it makes things easier if people knew what we were thinking. I have the tendency to forget that I can't hold my feelings in because if I don't speak what is going on to someone I tend to get overwhelmed. There is a lot going on right now that is getting really hard to handle for me and it got to much last night to the point where I got really overwhelmed that I broke down. For a lot of people this is the typical response to trying to handle things alone instead of telling someone and that isn't a good thing to do. 

When things get hard we need to tell someone what we are feeling even if that person we are talking to doesn't understand what we are trying to articulate. It will help tremendously in the long run because we won't be holding onto the burden of keeping it to ourselves. If we don't want to talk to a person about what is going on we can turn to God and allow Him to take care of it. If we don't communicate to Him or anyone else then when we finally have enough of repressing it and break down no one will know the reason. Well, God will already know cause He knows everything anyways. 

Being able to communicate when we are dating someone in a way that isn't hurtful is also important. It has to be done in a positive way and in a way that allows being able to be heard. You need to be able to communicate when it comes to planning a date or during arguments that isn't going to result in conflict. 

It takes a lot of practice and commitment to be able to communicate well. It isn't going to happen automatically in the moment. You have to be able to stop and think about not over-reacting or the words that you need to say that isn't going to hurt the other person's feelings. Don't give up on trying to do this well right off the bat because you got this and it will get sorted out at some point.