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I will provide an example of how it can touch people’s lives without even thinking about it.

The other day, a person close to me chose to speak to me over the instant messenger about some issues on their mind, rather than confronting it face to face.

people often chat using instant messengers avoiding a confrontation

It’s possible that the person didn’t feel confident to talk about it openly, because of the fear of being not listened and having it dismissed.

However, the point is that more and more people can now feel ‘comfortable’ and operate behind this technological wall in order to get their opinions heard or have their say.

This begs the question of how it can impact relationships at all levels from couples, family, work place etc. particularly if there is a dependency towards communicating in this way.

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One of the symptoms that are well known in this pathological behavior is passive aggressiveness.

Is it possible that we may all be moving towards a passive aggressive type behavior if we continue to go down this path?

one of the symptoms of technology mediums is passive aggressive behavior

In my opinion, we must consciously continue to operate at the human level as much as possible and not rely too heavily on these communication devices and methods to interact with other people, particularly if we are to build strong and sustainable relationships.

This is important, because human interaction involves much more than just simple verbal communication and entails many other unknown forces at play.

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To give you an example, all of us have experienced an unexplainable situation where we feel that someone behind us is watching, even though they were not within our peripheral vision.

And surely enough, as we turn our heads around we do see someone who is looking at us.

we can often tell when people are watching without looking at them

How does someone explain this phenomenon?

Although mankind has progressed in science and technology, we have not yet discovered the unknown ‘force’ that comes into play that explains the above phenomenon.

Perhaps it’s an unknown ‘force’ or radio wave or something that has not yet been measurable with any known scientific instruments. But in any case, the point is that human interaction is far more complex than we care to think and it would be incorrect of us to think that it is ONLY a collection of verbal, body gestures or eye contact etc. which are known to us.

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The above argument supports the fact that the best form of effective communication over anything available to us these days is the direct communication between each other.

our communication with parents has a profound effect on our future growth

Who is to tell that this simple act communication has the potential for changes within us that cannot be described or measured in any way?

We all know that as children who are dependent on their parents for growth and development, the communication part or lack off it has a profound effect on the child and also shape their lives into adulthood.

We have seen that when we communicate via digitally we often feel frustrated that the other party has not understood what we were trying to say or completely misunderstood us.

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It is all very easy to say that communication is key to all relationships be it personal or in the work place, but we haven’t clearly defined what this truly means and how it affects us.

interacting face to face is essential for good relationships

Ideally in communication between two people, we want to get the message across completely without ambiguity, misunderstanding and with less effort as possible.

If one thinks about it, this can be hard task to achieve especially if we are translating our thoughts into meaningful words and conveying the message to the appropriate person.

It may appear simple for very routine tasks that are broken down to very basic elements, but in other cases it can be more difficult than one thinks.

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