Self-Disclosure
Self-disclosure is not simply providing information to another person. Instead, scholars define self-disclosure as sharing information with others that they would not normally know or discover. Self-disclosure involves risk and vulnerability on the part of the person sharing the information.
Your ability to disclose yourself to others depends upon your self-awareness and self acceptance. You must be aware of your reactions in order to communicate with others. Without accepting your reactions you cannot feel free to allow other individuals to hear them.
Feedback
Self-disclosing about how you are reacting to the way another is behaving is often called feedback. The purpose of feedback is to provide constructive information t help another person become aware of how their behavior is affecting you and how you perceive their actions. It is important therefore to give feedback in a way which will not be threatening to the other person and increase his defensiveness. (Johnson, 1972).
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