Self-Disclosure In Relationships

Self-disclosure is an important part of any close relationship. Without sharing our own fears and weaknesses, we can

The realizations I have on self disclosure is that, it is one way of letting my self go. Letting another human being know my inner most feelings and my fears. I am a very private person and I tend to not say much about myself unless I know the person very well. I tend to not to like people who disclose a lot of information to me mainly if we do not have a very close relationship, because to me that means I also have to let them in on some of my inner most feelings. I feel like even if they are a lot of advantages to self-

In conclusion, interpersonal conflicts arise often during times of miscommuniction or the lack of transparency in relationships. In order to maintain healthy relationships, couple should practice more positive relationship maintenance behaviors like creating a safe place to offer advice and practice conflict management to resolve their interpersonal conflicts. It is how each party handles the situation that can determine if the relationship can overcome conflicts and be able to maintain the relationship or if the challenges are too damaging and will hinder the growth of the

Self- disclosure is a process in which one person tells another person something he or she would not reveal to just anyone (Hybels, 2007). Self-disclosure is not simply providing information to another person. Instead, scholars define

Self-disclosure is the process of deliberately revealing information about oneself that is significant and would not be normally known to others. Self-disclosing is vital for intimate relationships, and it can strengthen bonds and provide liberating relief. People, however, fear rejection so any type of personal information shared can be difficult. The amount of self-disclosure depends on the importance of the relationship, the intimacy of the relationship and if the risk of disclosing is worth the end result. During the week, a friend of mine and I had a deep conversation about the evolution of our opinions regarding religion. We were both concerned with the reaction from our families because what they believe in is so engrained in their mind, that any diversion from it would not be taken well. Because of this, the subject was and still is a very personal subject for me. Later that night I spoke with Mano about the discussion my friend and I had, seeking more self-validation that I was not the only one who felt this way. However, he barely showed any interest in the subject, and made a joke of it. I was irritated but decided not to go any further because, if nothing else, I am a peacekeeper. Also, when people dismiss my thoughts, I take that as a sign that they do not care about them, so I keep quiet about it.

Self-disclosure is the process of making intentional revelations about yourself that other would be unlikely to know. This revelations tend to be private, sensitive, or confidential information. As one develops more intimate relationships with other the disclosure increases with those persons. Therefore, the disclosure tends to be reciprocal.

Self-disclosure is important because it helps you bond with others by learning what you have in common with them, such as ideas, beliefs, and life experiences. While making new friends self-disclosure will help strengthen a friendship by making you examine yourself, tapping into issues and feelings you may not have known you had all along. While fabricating new memories, you have a tendency to become more self –aware as in what personal information you share with your new friend. Will they tell anyone else about my private life? Can my they be trusted? Will my new friend leave me vulnerable to

Self-disclosure is key to healthy relationships, “Self disclosure allows people to know themselves and those around them better” (Lamberton & Minor, 2014, p.54). This idea applies to nearly all aspects of one’s life both personally and professionally.

I do agree with your point of view of being self-disclosed with your husband. He is someone with whom you should be transparent, but I do believe that it always depend on who the other person is. For instance, if the other person is someone you just met and he or she starts being self-disclosed, you should evaluate the situation before being reciprocal. As I stated, it is important to analyze to whom you will

They also discussed the timing for self-disclosure and recommended that disclosures not be too weighty with personal information during the initial stages of a relationship (p. 27). Less-is-more approach to self-disclosure was suggested, as well (p. 28).

The theory states that relationships begin and deepen through self-disclosure. In the beginning, people establish relationships by disclosing many simple, harmless facts through small talk. As relationships grow, the rate of self-disclosure slows while the facts disclosed become increasingly intimate in nature. Intimate self-disclosure allows others to penetrate a person’s public persona and discover his or her innermost self. Relationships stagnate when the people involved refuse to self-disclose. Altman and Taylor described the process of self-disclosure as peeling back the layers of an onion, which possess both breadth and depth. While they outlined the various stages of intimacy that result from this process of self-disclosure as

Self-disclosure is an immensely important part of any relationship because life is not just made up of the detailed minutiae of day-to-day life, but about who a person is, which has a lot to do with their likes, dislikes, goals, family relationships, politics, work, hobbies, travel, etc. Without discussing who a person is in their essence, then a couple may as well be living as roommates rather than intimate

Building upon a classroom experiment, I chose a self-disclosure test tor couples and two examinations of the presenting and the perceived-self. This required some modification to the initial exercise in the case of self-disclosure for couples; I utilized my own relationship for that experiment. The subjects are both Caucasian, in a long term relationship, aged 45 and 48 respectively.

In the book states, Johari Window of Self-Disclosure described how persons feel afraid to be rejected or discontentment when they exposed some secrets instead they prefer to keep their hide, so they can interact with others. Johari window model is an appropriate method to apply and achieve this task of understanding and enhancing a better communication between family members, friends, coworker, classmate’s groups. Then, the Johari window model provides some details and how individuals’ perceptions of others. That self-disclosures are based on building trust, also revealing important information to others and able to learn from that feedback instead of receiving judgment or criticized their faults. These four windows describe some areas that will aid in personal information, emotional state, motivation and whether the persons are aware or unaware, about known or unknown to themselves and able to reveal their feelings to other persons.

Now we must ask a question as to how much one should disclose to people? The breadth and depth of self-disclosure is determined by the degree of intimacy a person wants to achieve, with another. This theory claims that peripheral (public) items are exchanged more frequently and sooner than private information. This usually happens in the beginning of a relationship when it is still on a more impersonal and superficial level. According to one study, only about 2 percent of people disclosed intimate details about themselves during this level of the relationship, the majority of talk between two individuals on this level was about public items, or worldly experiences they both knew about. Self-disclosure is reciprocal during the beginning stages of developing a relationship. New acquaintances generally achieve equal levels of openness, perhaps due to the vulnerability of both people knowing nothing about the other. Instant intimacy usually does not happen with people, it is something that both parties must strive for in order to attain. At the beginning of a relationship penetration is usually fast, but as the layers of personality are revealed, it slows