CM206: Interpersonal Communication

Patricia Gale CM206 Interpersonal Communications Professor: Jessica Smith Kaplan University Unit 03 Project 01/08/2013 1. Describe a time when you tried to bring about a change in your self-concept and were not successful in doing so.

A time when I tried to bring about a change in my self-concept and was not successful in doing so is actually to be totally honest is something that I am still struggling with today. My ex-boyfriend broke up just a few months ago. To understand why this has such a big impact on me and my life you must first see the dynamics of our relationship and how close we were not only as a couple but as friends as well. Eric and I met in the 6th grade in our band class; he played the bongo drums and me
A week after being home a week I woke up in horrible pain and three days later I started my first admission to the hospital. Not long after Eric left me. He was my first love and losing him has changed me in the way that in all of my future relationships it will be much harder for me to trust another person. On top of that having to live with this degree of pain for months on end has taught me never to take the little things in life for granted. Don’t sweat the small stuff as they say. If you do you will be missing out on your life. You might not always be able to spend time with the ones you love and who love you. You don’t know what you got until it’s gone. I am only 22 and the pain I experience is so bad I can’t even get out of bed and even with all of the strong pain medication I’m on it still doesn’t relieve the pain. So always live your life to the fullest. Enjoy things as much as you can, travel see the world just make the most out of every day because you only have one life and one day you might not be able to do the things you can now. Don’t waste the time you do have you might regret it later on in life. Both my illness and losing my first true love taught me some though life lessons and made my way of thinking and my self concept
Making a commitment to change is more than just saying "I want to be better at communicating my feelings." It involves changing how you think of yourself, and investing the time and energy to create the change you seek. We must realize that there will be setbacks, but we cannot let them derail our resolution to change (Woods, 2007). According to Morris Rosenberg (1979), a psychologist who has studied self-concept extensively, says that most humans tend to resist change, and that we also seek esteem or a positive view of ourselves. If you realize that you may struggle with change, and accept it, then you will be more prepared for the tension that may accompany personal