An "I statement", (I Feel About Because) is a classic useful statement found in assertiveness training, conflict management, parenting, and communication classes, and as a skill learned in therapy. Principle 1. Not speaking up when someone's behavior is affecting you causes you to shrink in your own life. I statements share the impact someone is having on your life. Principle 2. Taking the time to create an "I statement" helps you to separate the behavior from your reaction to it Principle 3. Creating "I statements" helps you identify what you are thinking Principle 4. Naming the emotion you are feeling calms that emotion. Principle 5. I statements help you own your own emotions, experience, and expectations. A person's impact can be positive or negative, so I statements can also be use to give credit and appreciation when their behavior is impacting you positively.
