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emotional dysregulation

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[i-moh-shuh-nuhl dis-reg-yuh-lay-shuhn] / ɪˈmoʊ ʃə nəl dɪsˌrɛg jəˈleɪ ʃən /

noun

the inability to healthily or effectively regulate one's emotions, characterized by emotional instability and reactions that appear disproportionate to the events that precipitate them.

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emotional dysregulation

Lauren had been struggling with symptoms of emotional dysregulation and extreme fatigue in the year before the accident, but said it was put down to her hormones or then-undiagnosed ADHD.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

Options remain the best way to monetize investor irrationality and emotional dysregulation.

From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026

Clinically, the presentation aligns with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders: persistent intrusive thoughts, emotional dysregulation and impaired functioning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025

But today's study shows that emotional dysregulation occurs independently of these.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024

He does not have a firm diagnosis, but it is some kind of emotional dysregulation.

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2021

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