Title: Emotional instability: Description, Causes and Risk Factors
Headings: Emotional instability
Emotional instability
Emotional instability: Description, Causes and Risk Factors:
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Content: Whilst the condition is not very common, emotional instability is classed as a serious mental health problem due to the high incidence of self harming and suicidal tendencies. Most people suffering from emotional instability disorder suffer from very low self esteem, which has a knock on effect on all areas of life and many sufferers are prone to bouts of extreme depression and a chronic sense of emptiness. If left untreated, the patient can begin to withdraw from the world and give in to their internal pain, distress and emotional numbness. Patients suffering from emotional instability are subject to mercurial mood swings, often for no apparent reason. Such changeable mood patterns can play havoc with close personal relationships, which makes living with a person suffering from emotional instability disorder very challenging. A fear of abandonment is another common symptom of emotional instability disorder. This particular symptom is often related to the underlying cause of the disorder: a traumatic childhood characterized by parental neglect, abuse, and rejection. Abandonment issues in adulthood lead to very intense and emotional relationships where the sufferer is often insecure and likely to cling on to dysfunctional relationships with people who treat them badly. Many patients suffering from emotional instability exhibit destructive behavioral traits.