Emotion Dysregulation

Emotional dysregulation is most likely to happen in three main groups of people:

• People with mental health conditions. These conditions usually involve disruptions in mood, personality and self-control ability.
• People who are neurodivergent. These are people whose brains developed or work differently than expected. People whose brains developed and worked as expected are “neurotypical.”
• People with damage to certain areas of their brain.

Emotional dysregulation is a symptom of many mental health conditions. Some examples include:

• Disruptive, impulse control and conduct disorders, especially conduct disorder, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder and oppositional defiant disorder.
• Trauma-related disorders, especially post-traumatic stress disorder.
• Personality disorders (especially borderline personality disorder).
• Bipolar disorder
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Depressive disorders.
• Anxiety disorders.