Personal Reflection On Relationships

Throughout the last couple of weeks of looking in my mirror, and interactions with my friend Tasha, I learned a lot about myself. The mirror, standing for: my inner responses reflect on relationships, is something that everyone should do and think about. Taking into consideration that how I respond in a situation and the expressions I make, can come off wrong to others and either allow them to form a relationship with you or to not. Facial expressions tend to have a style, a mood state, and is a part of our nonverbal cues. Many times we do this consciously and unconsciously when speaking to others, or just thinking to ourselves. I have been told that I am a revealer, someone who is an expressor and shows myself to the world. I also believe

I expressed adaptive behavior where I was using it as a survival value. From showing disgust, anger, sadness, contempt, and finally happiness, I was able to go through and feel those emotions to help me get through what I was experiencing. My antecedent in this current situation was that a player’s dad from one of the teams I was helping coach with was questioning why the catcher was calling pitches instead of one of us coaches. I was instantly angered because I have had other interactions with this dad and he does not go about problems in the right manner. Then I was disgusted because he texted one of the other coaches his concerns. After that feeling I was disgusted because I began talking to the girl I coached with about it and then felt frustrated because I’m at school not able to help. I might react more to this situation and take it on myself because I am a pitcher, whereas the other coach who played infield has no background of pitch calling or being a pitcher herself. Then the consequences that stemmed from this situation was that I expressed several emotions to get my points across and what I think should be implemented. I was able to cope by talking to someone else about it, and realizing what I was feeling at that moment in time. I think in doing so, is what helps me overcome difficult situations faster than others who may not, like