Emotional baggage
develops whenever we fail to fully heal from upsetting or traumatic
events in our lives. Current events in our lives then consciously or
unconsciously trigger this emotional baggage causing us to overreact and
lose perspective.
 Stress,
Discrimination, Domination and Emotional Baggage trigger the fight or
flight response. The Fight Or Flight reaction is designed to help
us deal with immediate, life threatening events - lions and tigers and
bears. The fight or flight reaction triggers the release of adrenaline
in the brain dramatically changing the way the brain processes
information. Thinking tends to be creative and flexible when the fight
or flight reaction is turned off and we get tunnel vision and think in a
rigid, self-centered fashion when the fight or flight reaction is
engaged. 
Emotional
Intelligence
is a set of social skills that are learned throughout life that help us
deal with complex ongoing social and emotional issues. Emotional
intelligence was designed to help us deal with the 'big picture' issues,
complex social and life problems that require careful consideration and
flexible and creative
solutions. The fight or flight reaction temporarily shuts down our
emotional intelligence. When the fight or flight reaction is
inappropriately triggered by interpersonal and business situations, we
lose much needed emotional intelligence (EQ) points and our ability to
handle these very important situations plummets.
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