Viscosity Affective

Affective viscosity

Viscosity of emotional reactions with a tendency to get stuck on certain emotional experiences (resentment, grief, etc.), combined with the ease of the emergence of violent affects.

Affective viscosity manifests itself in the fact that a person tends to worry for a long time and “get stuck” on some emotional states, for example, grievances or grief. At the same time, it is difficult for him to let go of these experiences and switch to something else.

Also, with affective viscosity, violent, intense emotional reactions easily arise - outbursts of anger, rage, despair. A person quickly “explodes” and then remains under the influence of this affect for a long time.

Affective viscosity may be a manifestation of certain personality disorders or neurotic conditions. To correct it, psychotherapeutic work on regulating emotions and developing the flexibility of emotional reactions is required.

Affective viscosity is a characteristic emotional trait that is expressed in a tendency to be excessively in a state of negative emotions, such as sadness, resentment, anger, etc. It manifests itself in the fact that a person is easily irritated by trifles, worries about failures and misunderstandings, which, however