Is Personality Dysregulation Always Bad? | Ep 613 | PersonalityHacker.com

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EPISODE OVERVIEW
In this episode, Joel and Antonia unpack the concept of dysregulation, asking whether it's always a problem or sometimes a path to growth. Through stories, psychology, and metaphor, they explore how emotional, cognitive, and physical dysregulation can be both destructive and transformational, depending on context, awareness, and self-regulation skills.

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INSIDE THE EPISODE:

00:00 - Challenging the Assumption That Dysregulation Is Bad
01:12 - Mapping Personality Channels to Types of Dysregulation
01:46 - Using Controlled Dysregulation to Influence Group Energy
04:43 - Reframing Dysregulation as a Tool for Positive Experience
06:31 - Exploring Eustress and Its Benefits
08:20 - Dysregulation as Practice for Self-Regulation
12:33 - When Dysregulation Becomes Trauma
14:27 - Cognitive vs. Emotional Dysregulation Strategies
17:01 - Sensitivity to Intensity Across Different Personality Channels
22:26 - Misidentifying the Source of Dysregulation
28:43 - Regulation as Sustainability and Self-Control
39:02 - Using Intentional Dysregulation for Growth
56:01 - The Skill of Self-Regulation and Healthy Co-Regulation
1:02:51 - Expanding the Framework Around Dysregulation

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