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What might be equivalent to "living paycheck to paycheck" , on an emotional level?

Asked by talljasperman (21916points) September 10th, 2015
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Living with limited ability to handle emotional distress.

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LuckyGuy's avatar

Here are two that immediately come to mind:

living in the moment
emotionally unstable

janbb's avatar

emotionally labile

SmashTheState's avatar

The classic book about Borderline Personality Disorder, which is characterized by chaotic relationships, black-or-white thinking, and extreme emotional instability is: I Hate You, Don’t Leave Me, which I think is a good description of the phenomenon you’re describing.

Inara27's avatar

Serial monogamy. My ex husband demonstrated this all too well. Having a relationship was important, the “who with” was an afterthought.

msh's avatar

Ouch, Inara.
Glad there’s an ‘ex’ in there.
Great strength- good for you!
:)

rojo's avatar

Monogamy Cereal – Bland and tasteless but good for you.

anniereborn's avatar

Hanging on with your fingernails. (at least that’s how it feels to me, and I deal with it a lot)

tinyfaery's avatar

It’s usually overstimulation and/or the utility of coping skills. You can only have so much of each.

Hypocrisy_Central's avatar

Running from bed to bed and person to person, but nothing ever sticking.

rojo's avatar

^^ If you were running from bed to bed and person to person, there would be some stickiness involved. just sayin’

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