Emotional stress and emotions, overflowing: causes, symptoms and treatment

Emotions - they can determine a lot in human life, but it is with a negative coincidence that any person can experience emotional stress.

Emotional stress is a condition in which a person experiences a pronounced psycho-emotional experience resulting from a conflict situation, with a long or short time limit in meeting his natural, social and biological needs. Partially develops with excessive overstrain of the nervous system.

Emotional explosion mechanism

The mechanism of emotional stresscharacterized by the following dynamics of development of its internal tension and, accordingly, manifestations:

1. The first stage is the mobilization of the of the whole organism, both on a physical and emotional level. This stage is characterized by an increase in internal tension and intensity of reactions, accelerated ability of a person to perceive information, analyze and remember it.
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2. The next stage is the development of disadaptation - in this case, stress develops into the interior when the stressful situation itself has been too long. At this stage, the patient has a certain inhibition in the reactions, the quality of his activity is reduced, disorganization, partial loss of information is taking place, decisions are made without taking into account the possible consequences.
3. Disorganization of - the third stage of the flow of the mechanism of development of emotional stress is marked by nervous exhaustion and develops as a result of an excessive stress load. At this stage, there may be a violation in the internal behavior of the patient, behavior - inadequate to the surrounding situation. If this stage is delayed - the patient can develop serious illnesses, when it will be necessary to involve specialists such as a psychiatrist and therapist, a psychoneurologist.

Stages of development of stress situation

In psychology, practicing psychologists distinguish such phases-stages of emotional stress:

1. The anxiety phase of - at this stage, the internal forces of the whole organism, protective mechanisms and its resistance to negative external and internal negative factors are mobilized.
2. The phase of resistance is the stage of maximum adaptation when the body spends its forces and internal reserves evenly, and all parameters that were removed from equilibrium at the first stage are fixed at a new level. If emotional stress develops further - the third phase comes.
3. The phase of exhaustion of - the body and emotional state of the patient is subject to structural changes, depletion, as all the patient's emotional, emotional and physical forces in the first two phases have been exhausted.

Causes and factors - provocateurs

To the causes of emotional stress, practicing psychologists include the following, the most common and frequently occurring:

• conflict situations, both at home and in the workplace, life difficulties that seem insuperable to the patient;
• severe illness and death of loved ones and relatives;
• change in the social, economic situation of a person, the negative impact of such changes on the emotional situation of the patient;
• internal fears and internal emotional phobias;
• internal features in each person are anxiety and mentality, suspiciousness and lability.

Among the factors provocative, leading to the development of emotional stress are the following:

• significance of stress and congenital peculiarities in the activity of the central nervous system;
• heredity, when the model of behavior and stress response is inherited from ancestors, as well as all the features of the process of growing up and becoming a person as an individual;
• diagnosis in a particular physical or mental illness, or the patient's recently transferred illness;
• negative experience of behavior in such stressful situations, existing internal installations or lack of motivation;
• a certain level of tolerance to a stressful situation and the existing self-assessment, how qualitatively the person perceives himself as a person;
• uncertainty or specific certainty in the hopes and expectations, the patient's predictions.

Symptomatic for such situations

Any manifestation of emotional stress and emotions in principle in each person - individually, however, if we generalize all the symptoms, it will in any case have a negative connotation and color in the development of a stress explosion.

The symptomatology will develop depending on at what stage of development of stress the individual is at the moment.

Emotional stress can manifest itself with such negative symptoms as persistent, chronic fatigue, apathy and irritability that can not be explained logically.

With emotional distress, the individual will feel fear, he is unable to hold back tears or nervous laughter, is experiencing constant anxiety and despair, despair.

Along with this, disorders and symptoms at the emotional level can manifest themselves, such as excessive sweating, fever and pressure, headaches.

Diagnostic criteria

If at the physical level there are no reasons that can cause emotional stress, the doctor is likely to refer the patient to a survey from a psychiatrist, a psychotherapist.

They are able to diagnose chronic stress, the existing underlying causes of emotional discomfort development. It may also be necessary to consult a psychologist - in this case, the presence or absence of mental and neurological abnormalities from the norm and pathologies is established. Examination on an encephalogram is another element of examination and diagnosis.

Regulation and correction of emotional states

Practicing psychologists recommend not to ignore emotional tension and stress situation, regardless of the stage at which it develops.

Regulation of stressful emotional states includes the following methods:

1. We release our emotions - do not accumulate all the negative and dissatisfaction within yourself. You can get rid of them in different ways - it all depends on what you like about a certain person. Drawing and yoga, breathing exercises - everyone chooses for himself.
2. We open our soul - in this respect the main condition is communication. Friends and acquaintances, relatives - the main thing is not to shut yourself in and your emotional experience of the situation and stress. The main thing is to communicate with optimists, positive people.
3. No friends or acquaintances ready to listen and now? Trust the situation and your own emotional experiences with the paper - write poetry and draw. Just write on a blank sheet of everything that you have experienced, what's bothering and most importantly - what you should do to overcome the situation and the negative itself. So you take control of the situation and looking at the text or drawing will gradually understand - what should I do next or what should I refuse.
4. Create your own card of stress factors , which plunges you into an emotional crisis - in this case the principle that your enemy is worth knowing in person operates. When you know what can put you in emotional stress - do everything to avoid these situations, the impact on you of negative factors - provocateurs. And the method itself will internally prepare for the fact that many people will not respond so painfully and emotionally to many stimuli.
5. Increasing our own consciousness .It is knowledge that is a great way to avoid and overcome uncontrolled emotions. The main thing is to have in your assets a sufficient amount of knowledge - the stronger the person as a person, is spared from the herd instinct and is not subject to all that many experience because of ignorance or banal ignorance.
6. Change your own belief system .It is the system of one's own foundations, rules and beliefs that can be effective protection in the way of emotional stress. If it is not formed - a person will perceive the world around him from the standpoint of threats, constant problems and dangers, when the real threat is not perceived properly, and from any small thing a problem is being made. In this respect, the main point is precisely an adequate response to the situation, the perception of the surrounding world, of all the reality that is happening around.
7. Take on the complex task of - this will help to distract from emotional experiences, stressful situations, helping to overcome and overcome, to survive the stress factor.
8. Correction of the condition, treatment and elimination of factors - provocateurs .

Regarding the issue of correction of the individual's state in the development of emotional stress, the situation can be corrected by the following methods and techniques:

1. With the development of a stressful situation, most often a person is visited by negative thoughts and emotions, fear develops and panic - is afraid of everyone and every person, this is a normal reaction. But in this respect thoughts and emotions should be directed in a positive direction - this will help to correct the situation.
2. Just will meet with your fear one by one - so to speak nose to nose. It is important here instead of removing from your environment an irritating factor, it is necessary to learn to control it, acting step by step - it is about replacing it with an exposition.
3. Be indulgent to yourself and others - when comprehending the substitution of fear of exposure, one should praise yourself for any positive decision, thought, step. This will help reduce the level of fear, emotional feelings - the main thing is not to rush, to do it gradually, in stages.
4. Distract from fear - if you are covered by emotional fear and stressful situation, start counting from 500 to 3, read aloud the book or just talk to yourself. Also determine the level of your emotional fear - just set the level from 1 to 10 and make such assessments constantly. All this will show that fear and stress will change constantly, its level falls and grows.
5. Burn your adrenaline - when a person experiences emotional stress, much adrenaline is produced in his body. To prevent, correct and overcome in the end your emotions - you should get rid of it. It's all simple - move, jump or run, beat the pear and when the emotions go away, and the head becomes clear you can start analyzing the situation.

The proposed correction methods are not an exhaustive list - they are the most practiced, most often used from a huge arsenal of psychological and emotional correction of the behavior and state of the individual.

In addition, the patient should be excluded as much as possible during the recovery period and all factors that provoke emotional stress and negative situations for his psyche.

Medical treatment

If the correction methods do not give positive dynamics or the patient's condition is started - the doctors go to the drug treatment course.

When prescribing medications, most often doctors prescribe a course of taking tranquilizers and amino acids, beta-blockers and plant-based sedatives, as well as antidepressants.

For the improvement of sleep and general condition of the patient, a course of taking sleeping pills and vitamin complexes is prescribed.

Prevention of the emotional sphere

Practicing psychologists identify 4 main ways to prevent emotional stress and other failures in human emotions:

1. Relaxation of - here all means are good and each patient chooses for himself how and by what he is able to relax and restore emotional balance. Dancing, sports, music or yoga - it all depends on the person.
2. Assistance from outside - here the help can come familiar, native or professional help of a psychologist or a psychiatrist.
3. Remodeling the own day mode .Coming home from work or study, take your mind off the emotions and emotions that you have experienced in a day. Just relax and have a cup of tea or coffee, listen to music, talk to your favorite cat.
4. Every day, conduct an analysis of your own, personal stress - this will help to understand the root cause of the development of emotional negative experiences. It will be optimal if you keep a diary. And most importantly, remember - to protect yourself from stress, its negative impact does not completely come about, as life around us flows, bubbles and changes. It is necessary to simply learn to resist it.