In fact, one could argue that the reason most children do not develop problems with aggression is because they are presented with opportunities to
experience intense negative emotions as infants, engage in aggression as toddlers, and are discouraged in various ways from repeating unacceptable behaviour.
There's often a cycle that goes something like this: Your child wants something or
experiences an intense negative emotion.
DBT was originally designed to treat individuals who suffered from Borderline Personality Disorder and
experienced intense negative emotions, self - injury and chronic suicidal behaviors.
Not exact matches
However, in today's
intense and stressful society, we often lose track of our
emotions and we spend long periods of time
experiencing negative feelings without even realizing it.
We also predicted that unfriended individuals would
experience different levels of these
negative emotions and thoughts in relation how individuals use Facebook (i.e., how
intense their usage is) and aspects of the unfriended relationship (i.e., how close the partners were and who originally friended whom).
For instance, disorders like depression and schizophrenia are marked by a flattened affect (Levin et al. 1985), while anxiety disorders are characterized by the
intense experience of
negative emotions (Mennin et al. 2002).