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Emotional hangover, the Glossary

Index Emotional hangover

An emotional hangover refers to the lingering emotional effects that can occur after experiencing a highly emotional event or situation due to cognitive dissonance and emotional processing.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 8 relations: Cognitive dissonance, Difficult conversation, Emotion, Emotional exhaustion, Fight-or-flight response, Hangover, Hangxiety, Psychological trauma.

  2. Subjective experience

Cognitive dissonance

In the field of psychology, cognitive dissonance is described as the mental disturbance people feel when their cognitions and actions are inconsistent or contradictory.

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Difficult conversation

A difficult conversation is a dialogue addressing sensitive, controversial, or emotionally charged topics, often with the potential for conflict, discomfort, or disagreement. Emotional hangover and difficult conversation are psychology stubs.

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Emotion

Emotions are physical and mental states brought on by neurophysiological changes, variously associated with thoughts, feelings, behavioral responses, and a degree of pleasure or displeasure. Emotional hangover and Emotion are Subjective experience.

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Emotional exhaustion

Emotional exhaustion is symptom of burnout, a chronic state of physical and emotional depletion that results from excessive work or personal demands, or continuous stress.

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Fight-or-flight response

The fight-or-flight or the fight-flight-freeze-or-fawn (also called hyperarousal or the acute stress response) is a physiological reaction that occurs in response to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat to survival.

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Hangover

A hangover is the experience of various unpleasant physiological and psychological effects usually following the consumption of alcohol, such as wine, beer, and liquor.

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Hangxiety

Hangxiety, short for hangover anxiety, is the colloquial term that refers to the anxiety some people experience during a hangover following alcohol consumption. Emotional hangover and Hangxiety are Neuroscience stubs and psychology stubs.

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Psychological trauma

Psychological trauma (also known as mental trauma, psychiatric trauma, emotional damage, or psychotrauma) is an emotional response caused by severe distressing events that are outside the normal range of human experiences.

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See also

Subjective experience

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_hangover