Title: Emotional Dysregulation Facts | Rogers Behavioral Health
Headings: Emotional Dysregulation Facts
Emotional Dysregulation Facts
What is emotional dysregulation?
Emotional dysregulation symptoms
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Content: Individuals with severe emotion dysregulation are often misdiagnosed with rapid-cycling bi-polar disorder due to the extreme mood lability, sometimes even within a given day. Emotional dysregulation symptoms
Signs of emotional dysregulation include: Severe depression
Anxiety
High levels of shame and anger
Self-harm
Excessive substance use
High-risk sexual behaviors
Extreme perfectionism
Highly conflictual interpersonal relationships
Disordered eating
Suicidal thoughts or attempts
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What causes emotional dysregulation and who’s at risk? Some causes can be early childhood trauma, child neglect, and traumatic brain injury. Individuals can have biological predispositions for emotional reactivity that can be exasperated by chronic low levels of invalidation in their environments resulting in emotional dysregulation. Emotional dysregulation can easily be missed as a concern in individuals diagnosed with depression and anxiety disorders.