emotional intelligence

Let’s say someone has both a high-functioning theory of mind and an overflowing well of compassion. What then? Well, this is what Hoffman calls “empathic over-arousal.” A person will feel so worn down by the intensity of other people’s emotions that it wears them down — it turns their distress into my actual distress. This might not seem like a bad... See more

Mentalizing Emotions Wheel https://t.co/7F7mOdoBzf

the core skill of emotional literacy is paying attention to feelings in order to determine what emotions you are currently experiencing.