You are discussing a different polarity in communication: do you just care for your own feelings or for the other person’s? That should be a factor in good comm

You are discussing a different polarity in communication: do you just care for your own feelings or for the other person’s? That should be a factor in good communication! The article is discussing a different polarity: direct vs indirect communication. Direct communication is being honest and open about your feelings and those of others to the best of your ability. Some people only seem capable of indirect communication, where they say what they think the other person wants to hear and assume their own needs somehow come through, then are upset when the other person takes what they say at face value! And they assume the other person has some ulterior/hidden motive like themselves and try to read more into it than is really there.