• e·mo·[tion]·al il·lit·er·a·cy
    Adjective
    When a person gets so frustrated or upset with someone/thing that they allow their emotions to control the way they speak or type.

    Symptoms: stuttering, improper grammar or excessive spelling errors

    Not to be mistaken with Emotional Literacy - the concept proposed by the [psychotherapist] Claude [Steiner] in the 1970s that refers to the ability to understand emotions, listen to others and empathize with their emotional states, as well as express emotions in a productive way.


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