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Deutsch: Emotionale Überlastung / Español: Sobrecarga emocional / Português: Sobrecarga emocional / Français: Surcharge émotionnelle / Italiano: Sovraccarico emotivo
Emotional overload in the psychology context refers to a state in which an individual experiences an overwhelming amount of emotions to the point where it becomes difficult to manage and cope with daily life. This condition can result from acute stress, traumatic events, or the accumulation of stressors over time, leading to feelings of exhaustion, confusion, and inability to function effectively.
Deutsch: Emotionale Resilienz / Español: Resiliencia emocional / Português: Resiliência emocional / Français: Résilience émotionnelle / Italiano: Resilienza emotiva
Emotional resilience in the psychology context refers to an individual's ability to adapt to stress and adversity, bouncing back from difficult experiences with a sense of personal growth and improved coping strategies. It involves not just surviving challenges, but also thriving and finding meaning in them, thereby enhancing overall well-being and stability.
Emotional state refers to the part of the mental status examination that assesses the client’s affect and mood. Affect is the client’s current, prevailing feeling state, as in happy, sad, joyful, angry, depressed, etc., and may also be reported as constricted or full, appropriate or inappropriate to content, labile, flat, blunted, exaggerated, and so forth. Mood represents the long-term, underlying emotional well-being of the client.
Emotional support refer to indications from other people that one is loved, valued, and cared for which is believed to be an important aspect of social support during times of stress.