Abnormal affect regulation Impairment in personality functioning Emotional insecurity 2021-01-30T23:12:23Z It is difficult to give a precise definition of emotional insecurity, but it has been defined as deficits in emotional reactivity (inability to develop an attitude of resistance or vigilance in the presence of potentially threatening situations), behavior regulation (inappropriate behavioral response to threatening situations characterized by either overinvolvement in the situation or by the avoidance of it), and inappropriate internal representations (exaggerated conscious or unconscious schemas of potential danger). A feeling of general unease or nervousness that may be triggered by a sense of vulnerability or instability, which is perceived as threatening. Maladaptive fear-related cognitions