Emotional dysregulation refers to the inability of a person to control or regulate their emotional responses to provocative stimuli. It can also be termed “emotional hyper reactivity.” Carolyn Daitch, Ph.D., in her book Affect Regulation Toolbox (Norton, 2007) adopts the term “overt-reactivity” to describe “affect dysregulation.”
Typically, an individual with emotional dysregulation responds in an emotionally exaggerated manner to all sorts of environmental and interpersonal challenges. This over-reactivity includes bursts of anger, crying, accusing, passive-aggressive behaviors, or the creation of chaos or conflict among others. Some clinicians see this set of features as part of a high conflict personality. However, affective or emotional
Typically, an individual with emotional dysregulation responds in an emotionally exaggerated manner to all sorts of environmental and interpersonal challenges. This over-reactivity includes bursts of anger, crying, accusing, passive-aggressive behaviors, or the creation of chaos or conflict among others. Some clinicians see this set of features as part of a high conflict personality. However, affective or emotional