(Dis)Confirming Messages and Spirals Consider how confirming and disconfirming messages create communication spirals by responding to the following. 1. Think of an interpersonal relationship in your life. Is it spiraling mostly in a positive or negative way? How? 2. Describe several confirming messages that have enhanced the climate of the relationship. Be sure to identify both verbal and nonverbal messages. 3. Describe any disconfirming messages in the relationship (either verbal or nonverbal).