Contrary to previous beliefs, I am starting to accept that
there is an actual limit to the emotional turmoil a person can go through at a
given time. A bit like full Tupperware, if something new comes, something old
has got to go.
Which is really irritating if you are trying to maintain an
indefinite number of plates spinning in the air at every one time. But then the
options are to either let them all fall, or hold some of them in your hands
until the spinning becomes more manageable.
As you can imagine, the difference between Emotionally Competent
people and EIs is in the handling and communication of the overall scenario. An
EI will freeze, panic and retrieve, staring at the plates, both spinning and in
their hands. And possible let them fall anyway.
Nobody is perfect.
