How are your communication skills?

Wow great question. I think that classes on communication would be great. Unfortunately I was broken up with just recently because of the lack of communication. She said that she didn't want to hurt my feelings but it came to a point where she just didn't care anymore so she told me about what was bugging her. I listen and told her that I would work on it but a week later she broke up w/me. I'm a pretty good listener but need to keep myself from interrupting and/or taking offense at what is being told to me. I tend to raise my voice but not on purpose, it's a trait of my family that I have had to get over. I don't internalize things and think that sitting down and talking stuff over helps everyone.

My communication skills in general suck, which is ironic since I'm a Communications major.I'm good with words, but the one thing I can't do is tell people how I'm feeling. I just find it awkward, and you never know what the reaction will be. I don't like to insult people because I end up feeling terrible, but when I feel backed into a corner, I get brutally honest and tell the person things no one wants to hear about themselves--I feel terrible for that too, so I try to control it. I'm a good listener, but I don't like when people tell me what I'm doing wrong because I'm really critical of myself, so I know a lot of my flaws and hearing it from someone else is just redundant.