Emotional intelligence is the human ability to manage feelings and emotions in order to have more control over instinctive responses to different external stimuli.
The topic returned to the center of discussions after ex-boxer Mike Tyson was spotted assaulting a passenger on a plane. Images published by the American website TMZ show Tyson punching the man in the head, who was sitting in the back seat.
In this Monday’s edition (25) of the Medical Correspondentfrom Novo Dia, neurosurgeon Fernando Gomes explained the main mechanisms associated with human emotions.
“What is a person who has a well-developed emotional intelligence? Ability to deal with emotions and requires a balance mainly between the cognitive manifestation that we have in the limbic system, which is the innermost part of the brain that correlates with emotions, and the abilities that exist in each of the hemispheres”, he explains. .
Managing emotions in pursuit of emotional intelligence involves balancing the areas present in the two hemispheres of the brain: the left and the right.
“A person with a balanced and well-developed emotional intelligence is capable of dampening stimuli that often end up being judged in an inappropriate way from the point of view of social interaction”, says Gomes.
in search of balance
Traffic fights, condominium conflicts, stress in the work environment. On a day-to-day basis, we are subjected to different situations that put our ability to manage our own emotions in check.
The neurosurgeon says that, depending on the situation, anyone can experience decompensation and consequent loss of control. However, it is possible to seek emotional balance from measures that involve well-being and quality of life.
“We need to create a routine and have some mechanisms that allow us to rebalance our emotions. Respecting moments of rest, sleep is something that, if it ends up being compromised, can lead the individual to have an emotional inability. Practices such as sports and even meditation are situations that make us able to manage and understand our emotions”, he guides.
Self knowledge
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If the search for healthier lifestyle habits can help the body to respond in a more balanced way to external stimuli, reflection on what causes unbalanced individual reactions can help to avoid new crises.
“From the moment I manage to classify, I realize that I can manipulate and not allow it to reach a point where there is no going back and it ends up manifesting that Incredible Hulk syndrome, which suddenly transforms and then it is very difficult to deal with. the consequence”, explains the neurosurgeon.
The expert points out that the search for self-knowledge can be done from childhood. “The pedagogy of emotions says that especially in childhood you can teach the child to deal with emotions, frustration and pressure to understand that the world will never actually be stable over time in terms of the emotions we feel” , says.
expert help
Excessive irritability, when associated with other factors, can be a sign that mental health is not going well, indicating the need to seek specialized help.
The Mapa da Saúde Mental website allows the consultation of places that offer free, voluntary or affordable psychological care in Brazil.
For some people, the use of medication may be recommended based on the clinical evaluation performed by the psychiatrist.
“There are different types of medication, including medication for depression. So, we are going to have a profile of biological models for treatments, for example, for depression, anxiety, phobic, obsessive-compulsive, psychotic conditions. All these medications will have a profile that is more suitable for a type of change or disorder and for each person as well”, explains Ricardo Amaral, physician at the Institute of Psychiatry at Hospital das Clínicas and at the Department of Psychiatry at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo. Paul (USP).
The specialist explains that patients diagnosed with depression and anxiety disorders may improve with the use of medications that are gradually discontinued.
However, other mental health conditions can be chronic, with lifelong evolution. “So, at certain times, the person has an improvement, they can even stop taking medicine, but it is possible that they need to take it at another time in their life”, he adds.
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Source: CNN Brasil
