My most recent earlier comments were to the effect that actually signaling emotional state, rather than hiding it, is frequently useful to both signaler and signaled. Useful to the signaled because it warns of a problem which maybe ought to be dealt with. Useful to the signaler because it pretty much commits the socialized signaler to providing clarification and suggestions, if such are requested. (How is that useful to signaler? Well, I think that pretty much anything that keeps you honest is useful.)
When you put it this way, I agree with you. I just think that there are ways of signaling emotional state that work better than others for actually helping the other person change their mind, rather than (a) blindly submit, or (b) dig in their heels.
When you put it this way, I agree with you. I just think that there are ways of signaling emotional state that work better than others for actually helping the other person change their mind, rather than (a) blindly submit, or (b) dig in their heels.