label: Dysregulated negative emotional state
label_lc: dysregulated negative emotional state
description: An emotional state characterized by excessive, persistent, or contextually inappropriate negative inner experiences involving emotional arousal and valence. These experiences are often associated with negative perceptions of the self, the future, the past, or the surrounding environment, and may include affective bias such as interpreting neutral or ambiguous stimuli as negative. The intensity, duration, or impact of the state exceeds what would be expected for the individual based on their baseline emotional functioning, the context, cultural norms, or situational triggers, or when it persists despite efforts at self-regulation.