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Emotional conflict occurs when a person experiences two (or more) opposing feelings at the same time, and those opposing feelings are pulling them in different directions.
[[Carl Jung]] indicated that "emotional conflicts and the intervention of the unconscious are the classical features of...medical psychology".<ref>C. G. Jung, Man and his Symbols (London 1964) p. 80</ref> Eric Erickson indicated that emotional conflict was a source of neurosis in children.<ref>David L. Sills ed., International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences: Vols 9-10 (1968) p. 158</ref>
Emotional conflict happens when:
* A person wishes to do something, but another part of the person doesn’t want to do it.
* A person feels both positive and negative emotions about the same person or situation.
* A person has two or more different values, desires, or needs inside themselves that are incompatible.
Emotional conflict can create stress, indecision, hesitation, and/or even physical tension.
== Journal articles ==
*[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1758954/ Affect, emotional conflict, and deficit: an overview], Psychother Psychosom. 1991;56(3):116-22. doi: 10.1159/000288543.
*[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1053811910011213 Emotional conflict in interpersonal interactions], NeuroImage. Volume 54, Issue 2, 15 January 2011, Pages 1685-1691
== External links ==
*[https://www.betterhelp.com/advice/relations/a-guide-to-conflicting-feelings-dealing-with-mixed-emotions/ A Guide To Conflicting Feelings: Dealing With Mixed Emotions]
*[https://www.mindletic.com/emotional-regulation-during-moments-of-conflict/#:~:text=Conflict%20can%20be%20described%20as,in%20how%20interpersonal%20conflicts%20unfold. Emotional regulation during moments of conflict]
*[https://www.utoledo.edu/studentaffairs/counseling/bridge/emotional-reactions-leading-to-conflict.html#:~:text=Some%20relationship%20conflict%20can%20also,on%20them%20can%20impact%20conflict! Emotional reactions leading to conflict], University of Toledo
*[https://www.thinkingdirections.com/intense-emotional-conflict-as-a-dysfunctional-state/ Intense Emotional Conflict as a Dysfunctional State]
*[https://pollackpeacebuilding.com/blog/consequences-of-emotional-conflict-in-the-workplace/#:~:text=Conflict%20can%20trigger%20a%20wide,even%20angrier%20or%20more%20frustrated. Consequences of Emotional Conflict in the Workplace]
*[https://whywesuffer.com/the-emotional-conflict-behind-50-mental-health-symptoms/ The Emotional Conflict Behind 50 Mental-Health Symptoms]
[[Category: Psychology]]