In Conflict

Lately I've been thinking about how I address problems...conflicts that I have in my own life... so how do I deal with them? Do I run and hide from them, confront them head-on, wait until they are going to blow up, etc.? I think I do a bit of all of these...I run and hide from them, or ignore them when I don't think that they are too big of a deal (which those can eventually build and blow up into something big), I confront them head-on, especially if it is a work situation where conflict needs to be dealt with right away (I feel at least...) and sometimes I wait until they blow up!

I guess the better question is how we approach conflict when we are in conflict. What I mean by that is do we yell, swear, curse at the person? Or do we use a gentle, firm voice? Does our body language match what we are saying? Or are we using it to intimidate the other person?

I am trying to deal with conflict better, sometimes it eats at me and eats at me until I can't take it anymore. But I will try...I hope I can succeed....how do you deal with conflict?