The Emotional IQ Test

Thanks for taking our new Emotional IQ test! Based on your answers, your score is 127.

What does that mean? Well, the Emotional IQ (or "EIQ") test measures several different areas of emotional skills and strength, including:

- Empathy - The ability to successfully put yourself in other people's shoes and understand their feelings, thoughts, and emotions

- Relationship Understanding - The ability to connect with others personally and professionally, which can help you solve even the most difficult disagreements

- Emotional Control - The ability to be in charge of your feelings, no matter how strong they are, and not let them run away with you or dominate your behavior

- Emotional Awareness - The ability to identify your emotions and put them into words so you can more easily express your feelings

Based on your impressive score across the board, we can tell that you not only tend to be really in tune with others, but you're also pretty darn good at keeping the right perspective on life. Sure, it's sometimes hard to juggle everything that goes into your relationships with friends and family, but most of the time you're a star when it comes to balancing your emotional needs with everyone else's.

As you know, emotions are complicated things. Luckily, you also know that while it's important to be a good friend and lover to others, it's essential to see the bigger picture and take care of yourself, too. But we know it's hard to keep the scales balanced all the time. If you need help, just remember this: Offering someone a shoulder to cry on is great; worrying yourself into a tizzy every time someone you care about hits a rough patch isn't. For one thing, it's exhausting! If you wear yourself out fretting about other people, you won't have any time left for yourself. And we all have the right to treat ourselves right and be selfish with our feelings now and then. The road to emotional health and well-being can be bumpy, but if you make it a point to strive for balance and move at a relatively even pace, the bumps won't be so bad. From what we can tell, you've got a map to a pretty smooth route - so keep up the good work!