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Title: Dysregulation - what does mean, what are examples, how do you handle it? Post by: Skip on June 06, 2019, 01:35:16 PM Good question.
Emotional dysregulation (ED) is a term used in the mental health community to refer to an emotional response that is poorly modulated, and does not fall within the conventionally accepted range of emotive response. ED is also referred to as labile mood or mood swings. Rage is one type of dysregulation and is sometimes referred to as Temper Dysregulation. Marjorie Garvey, MB, BCh., Program Chief at the National Institution of Health, studies dysregulated mood, anxiety, emotional processing, and biobehavioral processes such as sleep and appetite. Examples of areas of interest include positive mood and negative mood, suicidality, anxiety, fear, mood cycling, sleep/circadian rhythm disturbance, appetite dyscontrol, and motivation. Title: Re: Dysregulation - what does mean, what are examples, how do you handle it? Post by: once removed on June 06, 2019, 02:13:52 PM the typical example that i saw was disproportionate anger that involved screaming, provoking, wild accusations.
how do you handle it? first, do no harm: dont escalate. if a dysregulated person is trying to provoke you or push your buttons, this is tough, but your jabs will make things worse. Title: Re: Dysregulation - what does mean, what are examples, how do you handle it? Post by: GoodMan on June 06, 2019, 02:20:48 PM So what exactly do you do?
Walk away? Title: Re: Dysregulation - what does mean, what are examples, how do you handle it? Post by: Skip on June 06, 2019, 02:57:18 PM So what exactly do you do? Walk away? Generally, Ask for a calm explanation of what is upsetting (don't interrupt). Listen and express understanding and concern. Ask for time to process it and then you both can sit down and talk it through. Can you see what this is doing? |