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.
