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affect dysregulation

[/əˈfɛkt dɪsˌrɛɡjəˈleɪʃən/]
nounpl: affect dysregulations
desregulação afetiva
1. A psychological condition characterized by difficulty in managing, controlling, or responding appropriately to emotional experiences; inability to regulate emotional responses
Children with trauma histories often experience affect dysregulation, making it difficult for them to manage anger and sadness.
Crianças com histórico de trauma frequentemente experimentam desregulação afetiva, dificultando o controle da raiva e tristeza.
2. In clinical psychology and psychiatry, the impaired ability to modulate emotional intensity, duration, or expression
Affect dysregulation is a core feature of borderline personality disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.
A desregulação afetiva é uma característica central do transtorno da personalidade borderline e do transtorno de estresse pós-traumático.
Synonyms
emotional dysregulationemotion dysregulationaffective dysregulationemotional lability
Antonyms
affect regulationemotional regulationemotional controlemotional stability

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
desregulação afetiva
Standard term used in psychological and psychiatric contexts
Portugal
desregulação afetiva
Standard term used in clinical psychology; may also use 'regulação emocional deficitária'
General Brazilian
descontrole emocional
More colloquial alternative emphasizing loss of emotional control

Related Idioms & Phrases

riding an emotional roller coaster
unable to keep one's emotions in check
emotional instability
wearing one's heart on one's sleeve
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