Table 1: Healthy and unhealthy ways of dealing and resolving conflict.
Harmful Reactions | Well Reactions |
An inability to recognize and respond to another partner. | The capacity to understand and return to another partner. |
Unhealthy reactions (Explosive, irritated, wounding, and insulted reactions). | Healthy reactions (Calm, non-distrustful, and humble reactions). |
The unhealthy consequences of conflict are a loss of love, rejection, separation, embarrassing, and fear of refusal. | A readiness to excuse and forget, without holding irritations or anger. |
An inability to finding the middle ground or listen to the other person's opinion. | The ability to seek to find the middle ground and avoid punishing partner. |
The reluctance to settle conflict; the expectation of adverse outcomes. | A belief that facing conflict face-to-face is the most elegant thing for both partners. |