What is Emotional Dysregulation? How Does it Relate to Mental Health?

Gina Lily
Gina Lily
Sep 5, 2018 · 4 min read

Emotional dysregulation is an emotional hyperactivity characterized by a person’s inability to control or regulate emotional responses to what is perceived to the individual as provocative or threatening stimuli.

When there is an emotional trigger, there is little or no control in the reaction that occurs in the body and mind.

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