{"id":117919,"date":"2020-01-21T11:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T11:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/?p=117919"},"modified":"2023-03-02T17:44:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T17:44:07","slug":"emotional-intensity-relationships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/emotional-intensity-relationships.htm","title":{"rendered":"Is Emotional Intensity Ruining Your Relationships?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By: Lau<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

by Andrea M. Darcy<\/span><\/p>\n

Think you are good at<\/strong> connecting<\/a> and intimacy<\/a>, but somehow always losing friends<\/a> and partners<\/a> and feeling alone<\/a>? You might be mistaking emotional intensity for intimacy<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

What is emotional intensity? <\/span><\/h3>\n

If you are emotionally intense, you will experience feelings in a bigger, <\/strong>more immediate way than an average person. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Everything just seems to affect you more. It’s as if others have some shell around them you don\u2019t, leaving you more vulnerable<\/a> to things, for better or for worse. You see beauty where others don’t, but you deeply feel pain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You will also be less able to control and limit your emotional experiences.<\/strong> It can feel like being an instrument played by life and those around you, and all you can do is be the music.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you seek professional support, you might be given a diagnosis of<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span>\u2018emotional dysregulation<\/a>\u2019 and\/or \u2018borderline personality disorder<\/a>\u2019. But such diagnoses are increasingly being connected to trauma responses<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Signs and symptoms of emotional intensity<\/span><\/h3>\n

So what might it look like to be emotionally intense? It can be things like: <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n