So why is effective communication important? I would always say it’s not important. The lesser you say, the lesser fights you are going to get into or the lesser people you will hurt or you are less likely to make a fool of yourself by saying something stupid. My motto has always been “Talk only when necessary”.
It took me 17 years to figure out that if I avoid conversations just because they are unnecessary then I am going to fade into the background and if I die no one would notice and that woke me up. I decided to start communicating more. Talking led to more friends, more friends led to more activities and that led to a better life. So what if I make mistakes, I could always laugh it off. If I had a problem I could rely on a friend to help me out which I couldn’t before as I would talk to no one.
This probably seems like a useless rant on my life but this is when I realized why communication was important. To me, effective communication is necessary to have a good and happy life. Having a laugh with my friends after a hard day or talking to my teachers to learn more or classmates for help on things I do not understand, all of these make life simpler which in turn makes me happy.
A psychiatrist’s job is to help people going through difficult times and they do so by talking. Talking is a form of communication. So if going to the psychiatrist helps the person, it proves my point above that communication is necessary to make one happy and that’s why it is important to me. No one can live in a bubble on their own and can honestly say they are happy.
