Communication Barriers:
1. Name-calling
2. Diagnosing
3. Ordering (Saying “Do it or else!” only stimulates curiosity about the “else”)
4. Threatening
5. Diverting (“So you think you’ve had a bad day ….”)
6. Sarcasm (“Can’t you take a joke?”)
7. Dragging up the past
8. Negative comparisons (“Why aren’t you more like …”)
9. Judgemental “You” messages
10. Lecturing