Why is communication so difficult?

Why is it so hard for people to sinply say what they want and need?

Why is it so hard for people to express their feelings, good, bad and all the inbetween?

Why are we so unwilling to listen when someone tells us these things?

It seems to me that a lot of issues in the world could be solved if we just had good communication skills.

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Ontheroad · M

Listening requires an open mind and being able to (and want to) get into someone else's shoes (being empathetic), so to speak. Too many of us half (at best) listen and when we do, we don't, not really.

Communicating our wants and needs is often difficult for any number of reasons. We fear the response, don't know how to be open/honest and fear it will reveal some weakness, or think "they" should know what you want or need. And, the list goes on and on.

You are spot-on though, communication would solve many, many of our individual and world problems.