DESTRUCTIVE EMOTIONAL STATES AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL PHENOMENON

Abstract

Emotional states are mental states that arise in the process of life activity of a subject and determine not only the level of informationenergy exchange (as functional states), but also the direction of behaviour. Emotions are one of the main mechanisms of regulation of the functional state of the organism and personality activity. In psychology there are descriptions and studies of a number of strong, deep emotional states: sadness, affect, despair, anxiety, aggression, fear, panic, apathy and others. Such destructive emotional states are experiences related to the violation of needs satisfaction, arising due to the imbalance of individual perception of a difficult life situation, the process of personal adaptation. The main purpose of this article is to analyse destructive emotional states as a psychological phenomenon.