Can you believe that body language makes up for anything between 60 - 93% of our language?
Imagine this scenario: You and your partner aren't speaking ... step back and really watch the situation. The quantity and dramatic effect of the body language will amaze you. Maybe that's why 'not speaking to each other' can sometimes feel exhausting. Watch people on the train, in queues, selecting their shopping, hierarchy or lowerarchy in groups ... Often a fascinating insight into a person's character, it's not always what they say - but how they say it.
So my thoughts are - avoid 'not speaking' - as it could drain your energy levels. Instead, get the offending topic out in the open, sort it out and feel the release of energy surging back towards you.
Info below courtesy of Wikipedia.org:
Body language is a form of mental and physical ability of human non-verbal communication, which consists of body posture, gestures, facial expressions, and eye movements. Humans send and interpret such signals almost entirely subconsciously.
James Borg states that human communication consists of 93 percent body language and paralinguistic cues, while only 7% of communication consists of words themselves;[1] however, Albert Mehrabian, the researcher whose 1960s work is the source of these statistics, has stated that this is a misunderstanding of the findings[2] (see Misinterpretation of Mehrabian's rule). Others assert that "Research has suggested that between 60 and 70 percent of all meaning is derived from nonverbal behavior."[3]
Body language may provide clues as to the attitude or state of mind of a person. For example, it may indicate aggression, attentiveness,boredom, relaxed state, pleasure, amusement, and intoxication, among many other clues.
Keep talking,
Gillian
