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TTU ADRS 3329 Gary Chapman's Five Love Languages Journal Entry
TTU ADRS 3329 Gary Chapman's Five Love Languages Journal Entry
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You will complete a journal entry referencing Gary Chapman's Five Love Languages. You willcomplete the Love Language quiz using the website or the pdf quizzes attached. You can
complete the quiz if you are in a relationship or if you are single. Once completing the quiz and
determining which love language is your primary one, then you will pick option A or B when
completing your journal entry.
Option A: After completing the quiz have your partner or someone close to you complete their
love language quiz. Discuss your results and reflect in your journal entry about this discussion.
What was similar or different about your results? Are you able to recognize each other's love
language based on your actions? How can this information impact your relationship with this
person?
Option B: After completing this quiz reflect back on the experience and how it might relate to
what you read in both Gottman and Faulkner's reading. How can you use these love languages to
increase intimacy in a relationship? How would the use of these love languages be similar or
different from relationships in recovery versus those not in recovery?
This journal entry is worth 5 points and will only be seen by the instructor. Your grade is based
on your combination of personal reflection and the connection to the material from this
module. Journal Entry 2 is due September 22nd (11:59PM).
The Five Love Languages quiz by Gary Chapman was a very interesting glimpse into what my
primary love language is. First, I was very surprised to find out that my primary love language is
through “Words of Affirmation”. It was not one of the languages that I was expecting to relate
to, but it did make a lot of sense to me once I thought more about it. After the reading assignment
in Faulkner’s Easy Does It Dating Guide for People in Recovery, it was very intriguing to me to
be able to reflect on my own journey of recovery and the way that relationships play a part in my
life. In my own personal recovery, words of affirmation to myself daily are very important and
play a big part in keeping me on the right track. Although I may not currently be in a romantic
relationship, it gave me a lot of insight into what I need to be aware of in the future. In my own
relationships with peers in the recovery community, words of affirmation play a very important
role in keeping those connections alive and reaffirming each other in our own journey. In the
Gottman reading, one of the conclusions that he comes to made perfect sense to me in a recovery
aspect as well as in relationships. I’ve found 94 percent of the time that couples who put a
positive spin on their marriage’s history are likely to have a happy future as well. When happy
marriages are distorted, it’s a sign that the marriage needs help (Gottman, 64). It is imperative in
recovery to put a positive spin on the past so that we do not live in perpetual guilt or shame over
what we have done. If we continue to dwell on the mistakes that were made rather than the
successes, we risk compromising ourselves and we become prone to relapse. It can be plausible
for this statement to apply in recovery as well as in a relationship.
By using the Five Love Languages in relationships, it creates a well-rounded approach on how a
healthy relationship should look. Each one of the languages are involved in intimacy in some
way or another. Words of affirmation can be very intimate, when used correctly and in the right
settings. Of course, quality time is the time to be intimate. It is in these times that conversation
should be used to convey both words of affirmation and physical touch. The acts of giving gifts
or service are also very important aspects of relationships that do not always get interpreted
correctly. As long as the individual is not overstepping bounds or performing acts of service in
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