Can overwhelming emotions be considered a symptom of a disorder?

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When they are invasive or uncontrollable, emotions can considerably alter relationships with those around you. © Getty Images – skynesher

Anger, sadness, shyness… emotions are part of our daily lives, but when they are invasive or uncontrollable, they can considerably alter relations with those around us and the realization of certain projects.

Are hypersensitivity or hyperemotivity character traits or disorders? For some people, can overwhelming emotions be considered a symptom? Can certain overflowing emotions lead to a mental health diagnosis?

  • Anne-Victoire Rousseletpsychologist and psychotherapist specializing in Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, at Sainte-Anne hospital centerin Paris

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