We all have our own way of communicating. Maybe you are the soft spoken type and you prefer not to make waves, or maybe you are long-winded or perhaps you tend to be a bit more assertive and direct. How others perceive our words depends on what we say and how we say it—and sometimes being direct can be misconstrued as rudeness.
Clinical and family psychologist, Dr. Jennifer Hartstein of Hartstein Psychological Services, joins NBC News Now’s Mental Health Check to talk about why being direct can also be perceived as being rude.
Watch now as she explains.
