Lorna-Case study analysis and report.
Lorna is a 26 year-old suffering with borderline personality disorder, however experiences several other difficulties which could be clarified through psychological analysis. Lorna is intensely in permanent trepidation of rejection, even when BPD was diagnosed she was apprehensive to tell anyone based on this. Lorna also finds it extremely difficult to express emotions, resulting in mood swings over short periods of time, concluding in her feeling all emotions from excitement to hopelessness powerfully within an affair of hours. She also finds that she can perceive things in either black or white, resulting in her being able to enjoy being around an individual to really disliking them within one episode, …show more content…
E.I is often described as ability in where we can apply observation and expression of emotion as well as use of emotion in reasoning and self and others emotional regulation (Antonakis & Deitz 2010). Emotional intelligence strikes me for Lorna mainly as Emotional intelligence is considered as an ability, to moderate emotions in yourself and others and allows use to use them as guide for thinking and actions ( Salovey & Mayer 1990),it can be seen from Lorna’s case summary that she finds great difficulty with monitoring her own emotions, however does alter her behaviour to allow people around her to become comfortable through the “happy-go lucky” act that she performs around …show more content…
It is found that all of Lorna’s emotional issues can be explained by this which gives some extent of explanation to allow all issues to be addressed, the ideologies of Lorna’s emotional issues being explained by emotional intelligence is a viable one, due to Lorna’s difficulty managing her emotions, both emotional intelligence explanations high-light this however it could be recommended that Lorna would complete the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso emotional intelligence test (MSCEIT). A MSCEIT allows us to have further understanding of where Lorna would be lacking most (Extremera, Fernández-Berrocal & Salovey 2006), knowing which area of Lorna’s emotional intelligence she is lacking in and allowing specialists, family members to help her through support, this would help Lorna be able to detach from emotions so she feels lass sadness allowing her to feel more content. It can be expressed through Lorna’s personality and the explanation of Maslow’s hierarchy that Lorna struggles feeling support or a sense of belonging from the presence of other individuals, for this it could be recommended that Lorna spends time with individuals she enjoys spending time with
Lorna is a 26 year-old suffering with borderline personality disorder, however experiences several other difficulties which could be clarified through psychological analysis. Lorna is intensely in permanent trepidation of rejection, even when BPD was diagnosed she was apprehensive to tell anyone based on this. Lorna also finds it extremely difficult to express emotions, resulting in mood swings over short periods of time, concluding in her feeling all emotions from excitement to hopelessness powerfully within an affair of hours. She also finds that she can perceive things in either black or white, resulting in her being able to enjoy being around an individual to really disliking them within one episode, …show more content…
E.I is often described as ability in where we can apply observation and expression of emotion as well as use of emotion in reasoning and self and others emotional regulation (Antonakis & Deitz 2010). Emotional intelligence strikes me for Lorna mainly as Emotional intelligence is considered as an ability, to moderate emotions in yourself and others and allows use to use them as guide for thinking and actions ( Salovey & Mayer 1990),it can be seen from Lorna’s case summary that she finds great difficulty with monitoring her own emotions, however does alter her behaviour to allow people around her to become comfortable through the “happy-go lucky” act that she performs around …show more content…
It is found that all of Lorna’s emotional issues can be explained by this which gives some extent of explanation to allow all issues to be addressed, the ideologies of Lorna’s emotional issues being explained by emotional intelligence is a viable one, due to Lorna’s difficulty managing her emotions, both emotional intelligence explanations high-light this however it could be recommended that Lorna would complete the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso emotional intelligence test (MSCEIT). A MSCEIT allows us to have further understanding of where Lorna would be lacking most (Extremera, Fernández-Berrocal & Salovey 2006), knowing which area of Lorna’s emotional intelligence she is lacking in and allowing specialists, family members to help her through support, this would help Lorna be able to detach from emotions so she feels lass sadness allowing her to feel more content. It can be expressed through Lorna’s personality and the explanation of Maslow’s hierarchy that Lorna struggles feeling support or a sense of belonging from the presence of other individuals, for this it could be recommended that Lorna spends time with individuals she enjoys spending time with