YOGYAKARTA - Emotional intelligence (EQ) is how well a person recognizes, understands, and manages emotions both his own and others. However, not a few of us find people around who seem intelligent at first glance emotionally, but turn out to have low EQs. You can recognize subtle signs that often escape attention, ranging from difficulty understanding other people's feelings to difficulty managing stress, the following explanation check.

One of the most striking signs of low EQ is the limitation in understanding the feelings of others. A person with a low EQ might ask, 'I don't understand why he's crying,' or calling other people too sensitive.' This shows the lack of ability to feel and appreciate other people's emotions.

People who are not emotionally intelligent, citing YourTango, Monday, September 1, often have difficulty getting criticism, even if it's conveyed subtlely. They can immediately react defensively or angryly, making it difficult to learn and develop. This attitude reflects that their emotional growth is not optimal.

Instead of admitting mistakes, they are easier to point their fingers at other people when things don't go well. This shows a lack of introspection and accountability in him. In fact, the ability to admit mistakes is actually important to build healthy and mature relationships emotionally.

People who are not emotionally intelligent, citing Simply Psychology, are often unable to explain the root of the problem. It started when he found it difficult to describe the emotions he felt. Then it becomes complicated and difficult to understand the root of the problem that is happening to himself.

Perhaps paradoxically, people who are less emotionally intelligent turn out to be more emotional. In normal situations, people with low EQs can have excessive impacts. They can get angry, panic, or feel down. This is because they don't have a healthy strategy to manage stress, making them vulnerable to mental problems such as anxiety and depression.

Black-and-white color is generally understood as a way of thinking that is an opposition binary, for example if I'm not mistaken, that's right. Those with low emotional intelligence will look rigid and do not provide space for complex situations. This attitude closes the opportunity to understand the other side of a situation or person, because everything is considered extreme.

People with low emotional intelligence, looking cold because they rarely show facial expressions when talking about emotional things. Studies say that this reflects the difficulty in reading and conveying emotions appropriately.

In addition to recognizing the signs above, it is also important to reflect on the above discussions so that we can properly process emotions and the quality of life remains good. It is important to understand, emotional intelligence is not a matter of how smart a person is in terms of academics. But it is more about the ability to understand and maintain feelings in a healthy manner, both for oneself and for others.


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