Adam J Copeland
PSY100
March 30, 2014
Kevin Salcido

Emotional Intelligence
To be in check with our emotions we have to take time out to listen to ourselves and our bodies. Some of our actions will have an emotional effect such as a person who watches a good movie is entertained or a person who loves fitness finds elation in exercise. Other actions have negative effects that manifest physically. For example a common symptom of sadness and depression is inexplicable fatigue. Listening to these simple little indicators can help us become more in touch with our emotions.
Once you are in touch with these emotions it becomes imperative to manage them before they manage you. In conjunction with the previous paragraph, to manage our emotions we must understand our emotions and where they came from. One method for this is to try to analyze the emotion as it is happening. For example, when you are angry try to figure out what caused the anger and why that cause is affecting you in the way it does. Try to do this while you are still angry. This and other techniques allow for you to regain control over your emotions whilst they attempt to control you. I recently took a quiz that garnered me insight into my own personal emotional intelligence. The site said that I had above average emotional intelligence and that I was well in tune with the emotional needs of those around me (2014). Additionally the site stated that the area I lack most in is dealing with my own emotions. I have always known that I am better at dealing with others feelings and emotions than I am with my own. It’s been a problem that I have been well aware of for a few years now and became even more prevalent once I joined the army as a medic and spent years dealing with others issues while letting mine compile. It was only recently that I decided to seek help from a certified counselor to assist me