Communication

Stories
SALUDARES, ASHLEY YNICHOLE M.
OD3B
This is me
and my
friend
Chloe!
We’ve been friends for
more than 12 years!
 1. How do you feel when you've heard positive words or
affirmations from your classmate/friend?
Comforted. It is always so heart-warming to be re-assured by the people that I love
the most. I am someone who likes to deal with her problems by herself without really
telling anyone, and my friends do understand that. Over the years, they have
somehow managed to get around my seclusion. Instead, they try to motivate me with
positive affirmations from time to time. It feels like a warm hug in a cold December
day. It makes me feel empowered and a little less lonely. It also makes me feel a
little better, a little less sad. Like a reminder that even if, at times, I tend to forget to
appreciate myself and my efforts, somewhere around the town of Laoag, someone
would and they would never let me forget about it. It also makes me feel so thankful
and relieved that I am not truly alone in my life.
 I think it does. Positive affirmations can
make someone’s day. It will also help
ease the mood of a conversation,
which makes people feel comfortable
with each other. By sharing words that
communicate love, appreciation, and
2. Do you think sharing genuine respect, it makes them feel valued. It
affirmations or conversations with helps to elevate their self-worth. If one
is in a very supportive and loving
other people will help you create relationship, then it can greatly affect
good relationships with them? Why how they carry themselves. It can
or why not? boost their spirit, which makes them
feel more secured in deepening a
certain relationship. Personally, it
really helps me feel more closer to my
friends. At the end of the day, needs
some kind of assurance at some point.
Whether about themselves or about
the state of their relationships.
Reference: Gordon, S. (2022, August 22). How to Use Words of Affirmation in Your Relationship. Verywell
Mind. https://www.verywellmind.com/words-of-affirmation-
4783539#:~:text=Words%20of%20affirmation%20can%20be,%2C%20and%20increase%20self%2Desteem.