30/10/2025
People love emotionally intelligent people — until it stops serving them.
They admire how you listen, how you understand, how your presence feels safe and steady.
But the moment that same emotional intelligence asks for honesty, effort, or accountability, it suddenly becomes “too much.”
They loved your calm — until it came with boundaries.
They valued your empathy — until it spoke truth.
They appreciated your understanding — until it became a mirror.
Because emotional intelligence is beautiful when it comforts,
but confronting when it reveals.
It sounds lovely until it uncovers the parts of someone
they’ve spent their whole life trying not to see.
