As a future nurse it is inevitable that I need to be able to initiate and communicate effectively with other people. While I have no real problems with casual conversations, I tend to be a bit unresponsive when catering to people who share with me their grief. This is not to say that I don't care, but that I don't know how to act or what to say but listen. This is something I must improve on before I graduate because it is an essential skill dealing with people who have just suffered losses or other traumas.
Many friends have shared unfortunate news to me these few weeks. I am able to listen and feel their pain, but when they ask me to speak my thoughts, I don't know what to say. I have my own views on their matters but because I am not experiencing it first hand, saying something wrong may cause them to see me as a disrespectful person. By the end of the conversation I feel that I have not helped the people who come to me.
I MUST DEVELOP MY SOCIAL SKILLS!!
1 comment:
sometimes when people have problems, they just need someone there to listen to them, so the fact that you are there for them to listen to them may already helped them a great deal
you should learn when to talk and when not to talk... in some critical situations, like death or other tragedies, the best thing a friend can do is just be there... sometimes we may say the wrong thing... silence can be a powerful therapy in itself...
in my view, its not social skills you need to learn, its empathy....
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