6 Signs You Have High Social Intelligence

Social intelligence is the ability to observe and interpret people’s emotions and non-verbals in communication. Understanding and navigating social interactions effectively is a skill that can greatly impact your personal and professional life. By recognizing the signs of high social intelligence, you can gain a deeper understanding of your own abilities and learn how to leverage them to build stronger relationships and achieve success in various areas of life.

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References:

Atre, S. (2021). 6 Signs that you have social intelligence |. Socialigence.

Cherry, K. (2022, November 7). How Emotionally Intelligent Are You? Verywell Mind.

How to Measure Your Social Intelligence. (2020, October 12). PsychologyToday.

[YumiTsui]

Are you more street smart or book smart?

[dante]

Not sure if anyone else feels this way, but in my case, having high social intelligence actually skyrockets my social anxiety. I am able to "read the room" quite well, and others tend to feel comfortable talking and confiding in me. However, I pick up on others' moods and nonverbals to such a painstaking degree, that it makes me terrified to speak and express myself most of the time. I constantly end up self-censoring in order to make others comfortable.
As where, people with a lower social intelligence are often more free to just say what they mean and feel. Thus, they end up coming across much more genuine and authentic than I do.. Overall, I just struggle to find the balance.

[buckfidencoincidencetheori]

Hi psychtogo
This page keeps me sane with adhd and all my quiet issues

[funnytv-]

Increase your chances of success through reflecting on your experiences

[Justineyedia]

Social intelligence is the capacity to know oneself and to know others. Social intelligence is learned and developed from experience with people and learning from success and failures in social settings. Social intelligence is the ability to understand your own and others actions.
Also to know when people are using your empathy against you. Empathy without boundaries is self destruction. And it's the capacity to communicate and form relationships with empathy and assertiveness. It comes from knowing yourself and exercising proper emotional management. We can say it is closely linked to emotional intelligence, but it is not exactly the same thing.
I tend to make people uncomfortable because I open up too quickly and talk about things they do not want to talk about. Awkward. I also offend people because I am reading them which makes them feel judged. I do project but even moreover, I don't think about their feelings before I say things. Well, sometimes I know it will hurt to say it but, it's better than saying what people want to hear all the time.🤷
Ultimately, I would rather be hated for who I am than be loved for who I am not.
People dont really comprehend what your saying anyhow. It's like they have selective hearing.

[neoideaxd]

This is extremely interesting. Being able to know other’s communication needs is something that is fairly overlooked in our world I feel. It’s always good to keep an open mind.

[martinisawe]

You know, growing up with autism and being bullied for being "special Ed" back in middle school, made me want change for the better.

I started to get out of my comfort zone and try to interact with others. I keep breaking the social rules but adamant to try. After a few years of trial and error, i managed to perfect it. Reading "how to win friends and influence people" was also a cherry on top to improve it.

I now can go and say "hi" to anybody and strike a conversation. Plus it makes job interviews and others alot easier. Ironically the ones who called me "special Ed" made me a social butterfly and made me appreciate the world.

[TheSelfCenter]

Love these videos! ☀️☀️ They're always so positive!

[napstablook]

Man your channel is 10/10 your videos are amazing

[dearfuturepeople]

I’m autistic, so I lack a little bit in the “reading the room” aspect of social intelligence, but I do know I have high emotional intelligence and can feel a person’s emotions on a deeper level even if I don’t know exactly why they feel that way.

[RyanNerdyGamer]

Halfway through the video, and No. 3 _really_ jumped out at me. 💡

When perfect strangers approach me in public, asking for advice and assistance or simply speaking whatever’s on their prefrontal cortices in the moment without discomfort or awkwardness, you begin to suspect the possibility of being likeable and/or approachable at face value. Not bad for someone who spent decades ravaged by a façade of impostor syndrome… r-right? 👤

Evidently, I’m still healing even now, but it means I’m better equipped to sympathise and (hopefully) aid those who still struggle with an identity crisis in ways that mesh well with us both. 💞

[sanaakkad]

I kinda used to be like that with my friends in school but ended up having no friends cuz they just want someone who judges them
I know this sounds weird but I think they see people like me are trying to please people and have a weak personality, My teacher at school told me that the problem in my personality that I express my love to everyone which makes me look like I have a weak personality, I was really disappointed by that, I do that cuz I hate the feeling of being judged and I don't want other people to feel like that around me
All popular students at my school are hard to be friends with and judge you so hard when u talk to them, other students tend to them cuz they find it difficult to win their friendship
So recently I lost a lot of my social and empathizing skills and just became suspicious of my own personality

[ShortHealthTip]

Wow... a lot deeper and fantastic information than I expected. Subscribed!

[Aan]

Timestamps
1). High in emotional intelligence 1:04
2). Understanding how others tick 2:02
3). People like talking to you 2:45
4). Appreciating differences 3:31
5). Active listening 4:29
6). Conflict management 5:14

Hope this helps you out. Hope you have a nice day. 💙💙💙💙💙💙

[jahnavirai]

How to differentiate between ADHD and Digital Dementia???
I talked to someone senior about how I show all the symptoms of ADHD and he simply discarded it by saying it's my phone and not a disorder or something, excessive phone usage made me so much unable to focus, distracted, restless.
Ps: I have been like this as a kid too 🙃

[macandcheese.no]

the thing is i always listen to other people and understand them but i never know what to say 😭😭

[HueHueEggroll]

Not me misreading the title as "6 Signs You Have High School Intelligence"

[amyj.]

This is is the best way to explain accomodation vs. people pleasing. I appreciate this break down 🙏🏾🧠

[SpiritMover]

Growing up with 2 older sisters (I’m a younger brother…✋🏾✋🏾✋🏾)……I was always told by them I was “judgmental” because, I would critique a lot of the toxic decisions they’ve made throughout the years…….They’ve struggled with a lot of certain issues in life, as we all have, but their struggles were on a much different level…Absentee fathers for their children, domestic violence almost resulting in death, no stable living environments or work, depression etc;….I’ve always had steady income (30 consecutive years since my first job at 15yrs old), stable housing and environments, and an overall outlook of positivity for everyone in life. We were all raised very similar in our core-household principles (faith, education, discipline), but I’d be remiss to say, there was some parental disparities that came from our parents to us as siblings…..These disparities undoubtedly played somewhat of a role in our overall persona’s. The main difference between my sisters and I, is that even in my most negative of times, I’ve always been more of an “observer” first, than a “doer” first (less reactionary emotionally), meaning, I’ve always been cautious in the people I tend to associate with, the environments I hang around, how I react to a situation etc;. This saved me from a lot of unnecessary grief and turmoil throughout the years….When I look at my circle of close friends, about 5 of us from childhood/high school, thru present adulthood, I was the first to befriend each one of them personally in our youth, then brought us all together over the years….Wasn’t by design, just kinda how it happened. I’ve heard stories from each and every one of my friends and family when they were down on their luck, whether it be marital problems, work related issues, major decisions….I always wondered why, I never had a “volunteered ear” to speak too when I went through downtimes, but I realized, I was the ear to everyone else, and will continue to be so….I’m fine with that….Great video!….👌🏾❤️😉

[jwanie]

I have some but not all of these signs. Now I know what to work on to improve my social intelligence; thank you!