These 6 Types of Dysfunctional Communication Are Ruining Your Relationship

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The Silent Treatment

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The silent treatment is juvenile, but full-grown adults do it. The silent treatment is not, in fact, a form of communication but instead a form of punishment. And when punishment occurs, it suggests that one person is 100 percent responsible for the conflict. That is rarely the case. That is what makes this behavior unproductive. It puts the person being ignored in a position of having to beg for communication, which immediately makes them seem like the one who was “wrong.” If you want to be in a relationship with someone, the silent treatment is never okay. It doesn’t move communication forward and is a form of disrespect, adding yet another issue to the conflict.

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