How often do you get emotionally hijacked? (DW#465)
Even if we have high emotional intelligence, we can expect to feel triggered or flooded occasionally. The sign of having high EQ, in other words, is not that we never get triggered but that
a) We get triggered less often
b) We don’t act on our emotions and
c) We are able to soothe ourselves quite quickly.
In her book Stop Overreacting: Effective Strategies for Calming Your Emotions, author Dr. Judith P. Siegel suggests asking yourself the following questions to assess whether you have a problem with overreacting.
Do you often:
§ Lash out at loved ones?
§ Have to apologize to others for your actions or words?
§ Feel surprised at your seemingly uncontrollable reactions?
§ Assume the worst about people and situations?
§ Withdraw when things get emotionally overwhelming?
§ Sulk or shut down as soon as things start getting heated up?
If you are beginning to recognize that you may be flooded quite often, please do not despair. Self awareness, as we have been saying, is the first step on the journey towards emotional intelligence.
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