Difficult Conversation You've Been Avoiding Conversation Starters

What's the topic I've been avoiding?

What's a feeling I've been carrying that I haven't named?

What's a question I'm afraid to ask?

What's something I wish someone would ask me?

What's a sentence I need to say out loud to myself first?

What's a conversation I keep having in my head but not in real life?

What's a truth I know that I haven't acted on?

What's a boundary I need to set but haven't?

What's an apology I owe (to myself or someone else)?

What's something I'm pretending isn't happening?

What's the best possible outcome of this conversation?

What's the worst possible outcome, and could I survive it?

What's one sentence that captures what I really need to say?

What's a fear I have about how they'll react?

What's something I need to hear from them, even if I might not?

What's a way I can start this conversation that feels true to me?

What's something I'm willing to take responsibility for?

What's something I need them to take responsibility for?

What's a time I've had a hard conversation that went better than expected?

What's a phrase I can use to pause if the conversation gets too hard?

What's something I'm afraid will happen if I never have this conversation?

What's something I'm afraid will happen if I do?

What's a hope I have for the relationship after this conversation?

What's a part of myself I'm protecting by staying silent?

What's a part of myself I'm betraying by staying silent?

What's something I need to forgive in order to move forward?

What's something I need to ask forgiveness for?

What's a truth about this situation that I've been avoiding?

What's one thing I want to be true after this conversation, regardless of the outcome?

What's the cost of not having this conversation?