Emotional disregulation

[Tomanynames23]

Can anyone explain emotional disregulation. How it effects people. What it means . How is it managed. Anything else that may be helpful.

It's a catch all term for having difficulty managing and regulating emotions. Often people who have emotional disregulation are prone to quite strong changes in emotions, lurching from one extreme to another without being able to 'self-soothe', which essentially means calm yourself down.
It may be strong and unhelpful emotional reactions in a variety of situations..

Sorry - forgot to add- DBT, which is dialectal behavioural therapy is commonly used for managing emotions along with other therapies.
I used to be quite emotionally disregulated when I was younger and self medicated with alcohol (not helpful), but things have got easier as I've got older and I've learned some good self soothing strategies.
Tapping (emotional freedom therapy) is also very good

It means being overwhelmed by your changing emotions. It's often diagnosed in people who would previously have been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. It can also means something less dramatic than that, but still extremely difficult to live with.

If you've ever experienced a situation that brought such immense feelings that you lost touch with the ordinary world and became unable to relate normally to other people, you'll understand. Things like grief or a strong fear can actually prevent you doing anything useful, while also driving you to strange behaviours that might end up very damaging.

Emotionally dysregulated people are on a near-constant rollercoaster of feelings. This can lead them to completely misunderstand the world around them, attribute weird motives to everyday human behaviour, and have irrational responses to all sorts of things.

It's treated with medication and therapy. The current gold standard is Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.

The term is commonly used in residential institutions or support units for young people & children. Where (rightly or wrongly) previously, physical, verbal lashing out and emotional distress or self harm would have been described as 'high tarrif' 'kicking off' or 'escalation'. The issue has almost become mainstream in secondary schools now as 'behaviour' problems abound.