Today, I started learning about introduction to the art of conflict. This is a ritual with a concept that usually refers to the structured, symbolic, and often repetitive ways in which conflict plays out in human relationships

Art of conflict can be healthy or unhealthy. It’s pretty much a predictable pattern of agreement or disagreement that people fall into in relationships. Like me and my partner who always fight in the same way about the same things in a loop but never resolve the issue for example. These “rituals” can become ingrained habits, even if they’re unpleasant.

Ritual follows a script and there are roles, sequence and outcome that is familiar, like walking away or kissing. Some people use conflict rituals as a way to release tension or assert emotional needs.

If it’s a good ritual like, giving chocolate gets you a kiss, I think it’s okay to keep doing it. But if it’s bad or leads to bad things later on like, they expect chocolate otherwise you won’t get a kiss, then it’s time to break the ritual.