Category
page 1Emotional issues

loneliness
thumb|Loneliness by Hans Thoma ([[National Museum in Warsaw)]]
emotional intelligence
ability to identify, assess, and control the emotions of oneself, of others, and of groups

panic disorder
anxiety disorder characterized by reoccurring unexpected panic attacks

emptiness
thumb|An illustrative page rendered empty by absence of Plate III
emotional dysregulation
difficulty controlling and moderating one's emotional reactions
emotional labor
process of managing feelings and expressions to fulfill the emotional requirements of a job
emotional contagion
spontaneous spread of emotions among a group
emotional blackmail
negative form of psychological control over another
emotional self-regulation
psychological ability to respond to the ongoing demands of experience with the range of emotions in a manner that is socially tolerable and sufficiently flexible

lovesickness
Lovesickness is the mental state brought on by the personal experience of unrequited love, or unrequited limerence (also known as infatuated love or being smitten).: "The English language lacked a noun singular for the state of being love smitten, or having fallen in love, until Dorothy Tennov (1979) coined the term, limerence, to fill the void. It is formally defined as follows:
obsessive love
condition in which one person feels an overwhelming obsessive desire to possess and protect another person toward whom one feels a strong attraction, with an inability to accept failure or rejection
emotional security
the measure of the stability of an individual's emotional state, which is essential for maintaining the emotional health
love–hate relationship
relationship involving simultaneous or alternating emotions of love and hate
emotional and behavioral disorders
broad disability classification used in educational settings that allows educational institutions to provide special education and related services to students who have displayed poor social and/or academic progress
emotional exhaustion
chronic state of physical and emotional depletion
amygdala hijack
personal, emotional response that is immediate, overwhelming, and out of measure with the actual stimulus because it has triggered a much more significant emotional threat
love addiction
pathological passion-related behavior involving the feeling of being in love
Celibacy syndrome
media hypothesis
Lovestruck
Being lovestruck means having mental and physical symptoms associated with falling in love: "Love-struck ... means to be hit by love ... you are hit in your heart by the emotion of love".
emotional reasoning
a cognitive process by which one's own emotional reaction is used to prove something is true
superficiality
In social psychology, superficiality refers to a lack of depth in relationships, conversation and analysis. The principle of "superficiality versus depth" is said to have pervaded Western culture since at least the time of Plato. Social psychology considers that in everyday life, social processing veers between superficiality and a deeper form of processing.
emotional eating
eating in response to emotions
positive affectivity
psychological capability to respond positively
emotional isolation
state of isolation
skin hunger
intense feeling caused by lack of touch
Emotional literacy
the ability to understand your emotions, listen to others, empathise with their emotions, and express emotions productively