Is there a scientific name for someone who cannot control their emotions and put!
Question: Is there a scientific name for someone who cannot control their emotions and puts them to action?
They are sensitive and unlike most people, they will respond innappropriately to whatever happens to them.
For example, if someone angers them just slightly, they will instinctively attack them.
Maybe this is obvious...? I can't think of the name!
Answers:
Sort of sounds like Borderline Personality Disorder. Usually happens in women. BAD problem if it happens in a man. Brain doesn't wire correctly in the emotion control area. they understand social norms to situations but cant control themselves from acting how they WISH they could act. Like my dad... if someone pisses him off, he may shove their head in a car window and roll it up on them without mercy... (happened when he was younger, but it mellows out in their 30's and 40;s and they cant control it. actually accounts for a lot of arrests). here's the symptoms. see if its similar to what youre describing....
?instable moods or sudden, severe mood swings
?"splitting," during which the sufferer suddenly changes opinions about another person (i.e. they will go from great love and adoration for a person to extreme hatred for that person)
?extreme behaviors, including binge eating, excessive spending, or risky sexual relations
?frequent changes in employment, sexual orientation, or life goals
?self destructive behavior designed to elicit attention
?may be manipulative and untrusting
?abnormal or inappropriate behavior in public
?extreme fear of abandonment or being left alone
?appears to get "lost" in moods( i.e. can't remember what it's like to feel happy when they are feeling sad)
extreme outbursts of mood that are inappropriate to the situation. IE they are unable to control their moods and feelings and will often appear to act on them without thinking.
emotions seem too strong or exaggerated for the situation. they appear to be overly angry and will often later feel guilt then that guilt quickly subsides into another outburst.
look up BPD on google for more information. the site I got these from didnt do the best job describing it.
Impulsive, maybe. Not a disorder but a characteristic of using emotions rather than rational thought to control their behavior. It is a personality trait. Taken to extremes, of course it could become several disorders.
Violent temper outbursts