{"id":3409,"date":"2022-04-21T14:05:04","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T14:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.mindletic.com\/?p=3409"},"modified":"2025-04-22T15:25:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T15:25:40","slug":"relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/","title":{"rendered":"Relating emotional variability to emotional wellbeing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3409\" class=\"elementor elementor-3409\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5833f21 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"5833f21\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4b9ad7\" data-id=\"e4b9ad7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb45628 elementor-widget elementor-widget-template\" data-id=\"fb45628\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"template.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-template\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header data-elementor-type=\"header\" data-elementor-id=\"1493\" class=\"elementor elementor-1493\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fe8be10 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"fe8be10\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:10,&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;],&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_anchor_link_offset&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2849d50b\" data-id=\"2849d50b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e0fd6a0 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7e0fd6a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"42\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Mindletic-logo-horizontal-200px.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-9959\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Mindletic-logo-horizontal-200px.png 200w, https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Mindletic-logo-horizontal-200px-18x4.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38b399c2\" data-id=\"38b399c2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21f78bb2 elementor-nav-menu__align-end elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-mobile elementor-nav-menu__text-align-center elementor-nav-menu--stretch elementor-nav-menu--toggle elementor-nav-menu--burger elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"21f78bb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;full_width&quot;:&quot;stretch&quot;,&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;horizontal&quot;,&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;svg aria-hidden=\\&quot;true\\&quot; class=\\&quot;e-font-icon-svg e-fas-caret-down\\&quot; viewBox=\\&quot;0 0 320 512\\&quot; xmlns=\\&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.w3.org\\\/2000\\\/svg\\&quot;&gt;&lt;path d=\\&quot;M31.3 192h257.3c17.8 0 26.7 21.5 14.1 34.1L174.1 354.8c-7.8 7.8-20.5 7.8-28.3 0L17.2 226.1C4.6 213.5 13.5 192 31.3 192z\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/path&gt;&lt;\\\/svg&gt;&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;},&quot;toggle&quot;:&quot;burger&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu--main elementor-nav-menu__container elementor-nav-menu--layout-horizontal e--pointer-underline e--animation-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-1-21f78bb2\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-8208\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/\" class=\"elementor-item menu-link\">Pagrindinis<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3844\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/pricing\/\" class=\"elementor-item menu-link\">Kainos<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3846\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/our-team\/\" class=\"elementor-item menu-link\">M\u016bs\u0173 komanda<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3845\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/join-us\/\" class=\"elementor-item menu-link\"><span class=\"\u201dtranslation-block\u201d\" data-context=\"\u201dopportunities\u201d\">Karjera<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page current_page_parent menu-item-3843\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/blog\/\" class=\"elementor-item menu-link\">Tinklara\u0161tis<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-1085\"><a href=\"https:\/\/partners.mindletic.com\/login\" class=\"elementor-item menu-link\">Prisijungti<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-toggle\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Menu Toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"elementor-menu-toggle__icon--open e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-menu-bar\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M104 333H896C929 333 958 304 958 271S929 208 896 208H104C71 208 42 237 42 271S71 333 104 333ZM104 583H896C929 583 958 554 958 521S929 458 896 458H104C71 458 42 487 42 521S71 583 104 583ZM104 833H896C929 833 958 804 958 771S929 708 896 708H104C71 708 42 737 42 771S71 833 104 833Z\"><\/path><\/svg><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"elementor-menu-toggle__icon--close e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-close\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M742 167L500 408 258 167C246 154 233 150 217 150 196 150 179 158 167 167 154 179 150 196 150 212 150 229 154 242 171 254L408 500 167 742C138 771 138 800 167 829 196 858 225 858 254 829L496 587 738 829C750 842 767 846 783 846 800 846 817 842 829 829 842 817 846 804 846 783 846 767 842 750 829 737L588 500 833 258C863 229 863 200 833 171 804 137 775 137 742 167Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"elementor-nav-menu--dropdown elementor-nav-menu__container\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-2-21f78bb2\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-8208\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/\" class=\"elementor-item menu-link\" tabindex=\"-1\">Pagrindinis<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3844\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/pricing\/\" class=\"elementor-item menu-link\" tabindex=\"-1\">Kainos<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3846\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/our-team\/\" class=\"elementor-item menu-link\" tabindex=\"-1\">M\u016bs\u0173 komanda<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3845\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/join-us\/\" class=\"elementor-item menu-link\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"\u201dtranslation-block\u201d\" data-context=\"\u201dopportunities\u201d\">Karjera<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page current_page_parent menu-item-3843\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/blog\/\" class=\"elementor-item menu-link\" tabindex=\"-1\">Tinklara\u0161tis<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-1085\"><a href=\"https:\/\/partners.mindletic.com\/login\" class=\"elementor-item menu-link\" tabindex=\"-1\">Prisijungti<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1494725 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"1494725\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3dcfca8\" data-id=\"3dcfca8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99a9df7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"99a9df7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Relating emotional variability to emotional wellbeing<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0940720 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"0940720\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ccd670a\" data-id=\"ccd670a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fb2e81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0fb2e81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-water-image-emotional-variability-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3410\" alt=\"Ocean. Relating emotional variability to emotional wellbeing. Mindletic Blog\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-water-image-emotional-variability-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-water-image-emotional-variability-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-water-image-emotional-variability-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-water-image-emotional-variability-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-water-image-emotional-variability-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-water-image-emotional-variability-2048x1360.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d4bfb74 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"d4bfb74\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c4f2f4\" data-id=\"7c4f2f4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1df8d60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1df8d60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"layout-element layout-element--layout layout-element transition transition--undefined\"><div id=\"z-hh1N\" class=\"text-box layout-element__component layout-element__component--GridTextBox\" data-qa=\"gridtextbox:z-hh1n\"><div class=\"layout-element layout-element--layout layout-element transition transition--undefined\"><div id=\"zQbAHa\" class=\"text-box layout-element__component layout-element__component--GridTextBox\" data-qa=\"gridtextbox:zqbaha\"><p class=\"body-large\"><strong>Have you ever thought about how different your experienced emotions are from one another? Or have you considered whether it is okay for your emotions to range from one extreme to another, or perhaps, not to change daily? The short answer is&#8230; yes, that is all very natural and even can be measured.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b14410 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b14410\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is emotional variability?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6a8fd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6a8fd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"layout-element layout-element--layout layout-element transition transition--undefined\"><div id=\"zSqZN9\" class=\"text-box layout-element__component layout-element__component--GridTextBox\" data-qa=\"gridtextbox:zsqzn9\"><p class=\"body-large\">Emotional variability is one&#8217;s tendency to oscillate between different emotions over two dimensions &#8211; you can either fluctuate between unpleasant and pleasant emotions (Pleasantness dimension) and between feeling exhausted and energetic (Energy dimension). In other words, it reflects the ability to flexibly switch between a broad range of \u2018positive\u2019 and \u2018negative\u2019 emotions from moment to moment during interactions, say psychologist Van der Giessen and colleagues. Two people could be very similar in terms of their overall emotion levels, e. g. the occurrence of positive emotions, but quite different from one another in their variability, with one person fluctuating very little around their average level and the other fluctuating a lot.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3d3f6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a3d3f6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8990f5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8990f5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1627\" height=\"1627\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-diagram-emotional-variability.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3412\" alt=\"Chart of emotional variability. Mindletic Blog\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-diagram-emotional-variability.jpg 1627w, https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-diagram-emotional-variability-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-diagram-emotional-variability-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-diagram-emotional-variability-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-diagram-emotional-variability-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-diagram-emotional-variability-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1627px) 100vw, 1627px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfe0935 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"dfe0935\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf2394d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cf2394d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Emotional variability and emotional clarity: different perspectives<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-351c780 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"351c780\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"body-large\">Two different perspectives exist on emotion variability.<\/p><p class=\"body-large\">1. One approach suggests that <strong>excessive variability<\/strong> is associated with challenges to mental well-being. For example, frequent and intense fluctuations in \u2018negative\u2019 emotions can indicate psychological instability and mental challenges like increased depressive symptoms and anxiety. Research reveals that the severity of depression and social anxiety symptoms are associated with higher emotional variability in a clinical sample (Thompson, Boden and Gotlib, 2018). Using these insights, recent mindfulness-based treatments focus on decreasing variability in \u2018negative\u2019 emotions alongside other goals.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7210ea7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7210ea7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf83de7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bf83de7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1627\" height=\"1627\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-diagrams-emotional-variability.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3416\" alt=\"Chart of excessive variability. Mindletic Blog\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-diagrams-emotional-variability.jpg 1627w, https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-diagrams-emotional-variability-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-diagrams-emotional-variability-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-diagrams-emotional-variability-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-diagrams-emotional-variability-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-diagrams-emotional-variability-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1627px) 100vw, 1627px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91964c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"91964c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-214973f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"214973f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"body-large\">On the other hand, <strong>emotional clarity<\/strong> is the extent to which individuals can unambiguously identify, name, and mentally represent the type (e.g., sadness, nervousness) and cause of their emotions. Higher emotional clarity contributes to greater consistency in identifying and naming the emotions experienced and their potential sources.<\/p><p class=\"body-large\">Research shows that <strong>emotional variability and emotional clarity are inversely interlinked<\/strong>: higher emotional variability means lower emotional clarity. For example, when we are experiencing a wide range of emotions at once, and they keep changing, it is much harder to tell what feelings you are experiencing than when you are feeling one emotion at a time. Therefore, <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/cultivating-emotional-regulation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cultivating emotional awareness<\/a><\/u> and developing regulation skills can help increase your emotional clarity and in turn reduce excessive emotional variability.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9de3647 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9de3647\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc1f162 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bc1f162\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1627\" height=\"1627\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-diagram-image-emotional-variability.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3417\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-diagram-image-emotional-variability.jpg 1627w, https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-diagram-image-emotional-variability-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-diagram-image-emotional-variability-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-diagram-image-emotional-variability-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-diagram-image-emotional-variability-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-diagram-image-emotional-variability-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1627px) 100vw, 1627px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-364d9a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"364d9a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad329a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad329a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"body-large\">2. In contrast, a second perspective suggests that higher variability may lead to improved psychological wellness. For example, emotional flexibility \u2014 the ability to respond flexibly to ever-changing circumstances \u2014 shows that one has emotional resilience and can handle emotions in a healthy manner. Moreover, higher variability in physiological stress levels (measured by cortisol level and responses to daily triggers) is associated with better psychological adjustment.<\/p><p class=\"body-large\">Finally, greater variability may render emotional experiences themselves in a more adaptive light. For example, immersing in pleasant emotional experiences (e. g., listening to a favorite song) intensifies appreciation and enjoyment of the next moment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d95cd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d95cd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is the meaning of emotional variability to one's well-being?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d53e15f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d53e15f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"body-large\">Knowing your emotional variability range can contribute to your overall emotional awareness. For example, excessive emotional variability may be evident primarily during social interactions, meaning that the foundation of it might be linked to how you perceive the process of creating relationships with other people (e. g. feeling anxious around others or maybe just around strangers, etc.). Or it may also be characteristic of you, meaning you&#8217;re just a more introverted person. Higher emotional variability may also occur during rumination (excessive thinking about one thing), according to research. Knowing this, awareness of your emotional range might help you spot when you&#8217;re starting to ruminate and find a distraction (e. g. exercise or meditate), breaking the maladaptive thought cycle and activating self-care.<\/p><p class=\"body-large\">We have also identified certain clues on how to spot burnout early. High emotional variability, people typically swaying from one emotion extremum to the other (from stressed to exhausted every day, from ecstatic to pessimistic), might be one of them. Burnout impacts self-awareness &#8211; therefore, it&#8217;s difficult to spot it early enough yourself. But if you continuously track your emotions and emotional range &#8211; it can be easier to spot the onset by knowing what is (un)usual to you.<\/p><p class=\"body-large\">Remember, a specific range of emotions is not a goal in itself \u2013 it is just important you understand your range and why it is the way it is. After all, emotions are dynamic, and your variation of emotional states &#8211; positive and negative ones &#8211; is part of a balanced mental life.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af589d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"af589d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-666e0b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"666e0b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"zvtac6\" class=\"block block--grid\" data-v-69cb7225=\"\"><div class=\"block-layout block-layout--layout\" data-v-69cb7225=\"\"><div class=\"layout-element layout-element--layout layout-element transition transition--undefined\"><div id=\"zOEzZ9\" class=\"text-box layout-element__component layout-element__component--GridTextBox\" data-qa=\"gridtextbox:zoezz9\"><section id=\"z_kIiR\" class=\"block block--grid\" data-v-69cb7225=\"\"><div class=\"block-layout block-layout--layout\" data-v-69cb7225=\"\"><div class=\"layout-element layout-element--layout layout-element transition transition--undefined\"><div id=\"zRIFth\" class=\"text-box layout-element__component layout-element__component--GridTextBox\" data-qa=\"gridtextbox:zrifth\"><section id=\"zhbDqc\" class=\"block block--grid\" data-v-69cb7225=\"\"><div class=\"block-layout block-layout--layout\" data-v-69cb7225=\"\"><div class=\"layout-element layout-element--layout layout-element transition transition--undefined\"><div id=\"zUIHW7\" class=\"text-box layout-element__component layout-element__component--GridTextBox\" data-qa=\"gridtextbox:zuihw7\"><div class=\"layout-element layout-element--layout layout-element transition transition--undefined\"><div id=\"zUzLGj\" class=\"text-box layout-element__component layout-element__component--GridTextBox\" data-qa=\"gridtextbox:zuzlgj\"><p class=\"body-large\"><em>Want to learn more about emotional well-being? <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/book-a-demo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reach out to our team<\/a><\/u> and get a free consultation now.<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"layout-element layout-element--layout layout-element transition transition--undefined transition--root-hidden\"><div id=\"zxv0xU\" class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--layout layout-element__component layout-element__component--GridImage\" data-v-8eb49a02=\"\" data-qa=\"gridimage:zxv0xu\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section id=\"zF4LL1\" class=\"block block--grid\" data-v-69cb7225=\"\"><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section id=\"zNuJ-L\" class=\"block block--grid\" data-v-69cb7225=\"\"><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section id=\"z11qL2\" class=\"block block--grid\" data-v-69cb7225=\"\"><\/section>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f660c70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f660c70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85baa17 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"85baa17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/book-a-demo\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Susisiekite su mumis<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2af01ad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"2af01ad\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3aaf22e\" data-id=\"3aaf22e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47aad2f elementor-nav-menu__align-center elementor-nav-menu__text-align-center elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"47aad2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;horizontal&quot;,&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;svg aria-hidden=\\&quot;true\\&quot; class=\\&quot;e-font-icon-svg e-fas-caret-down\\&quot; viewBox=\\&quot;0 0 320 512\\&quot; xmlns=\\&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.w3.org\\\/2000\\\/svg\\&quot;&gt;&lt;path d=\\&quot;M31.3 192h257.3c17.8 0 26.7 21.5 14.1 34.1L174.1 354.8c-7.8 7.8-20.5 7.8-28.3 0L17.2 226.1C4.6 213.5 13.5 192 31.3 192z\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/path&gt;&lt;\\\/svg&gt;&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu--main elementor-nav-menu__container elementor-nav-menu--layout-horizontal e--pointer-none\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-1-47aad2f\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-privacy-policy menu-item-1186\"><a rel=\"privacy-policy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/web-privacy-policy\/\" class=\"elementor-item menu-link\">Puslapio privatumo politika<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1185\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/terms-and-conditions\/\" class=\"elementor-item menu-link\">Taisykl\u0117s ir s\u0105lygos<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1187\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/privacy-policy-in-app\/\" class=\"elementor-item menu-link\">Program\u0117l\u0117s privatumo politika<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1188\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/privacy-policy-for-organizations\/\" class=\"elementor-item menu-link\">Privatumo politika organizacijoms<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1189\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/join-us\/\" class=\"elementor-item menu-link\"><span class=\"\u201dtranslation-block\u201d\" data-context=\"\u201dopportunities\u201d\">Karjera<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"elementor-nav-menu--dropdown elementor-nav-menu__container\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-2-47aad2f\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-privacy-policy menu-item-1186\"><a rel=\"privacy-policy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/web-privacy-policy\/\" class=\"elementor-item menu-link\" tabindex=\"-1\">Puslapio privatumo politika<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1185\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/terms-and-conditions\/\" class=\"elementor-item menu-link\" tabindex=\"-1\">Taisykl\u0117s ir s\u0105lygos<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1187\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/privacy-policy-in-app\/\" class=\"elementor-item menu-link\" tabindex=\"-1\">Program\u0117l\u0117s privatumo politika<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1188\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/privacy-policy-for-organizations\/\" class=\"elementor-item menu-link\" tabindex=\"-1\">Privatumo politika organizacijoms<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1189\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/join-us\/\" class=\"elementor-item menu-link\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"\u201dtranslation-block\u201d\" data-context=\"\u201dopportunities\u201d\">Karjera<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a6a32f4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"a6a32f4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f471022\" data-id=\"f471022\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-264509c elementor-widget elementor-widget-copyright\" data-id=\"264509c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"copyright.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hfe-copyright-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Copyright \u00a9 2026 Mindletic | All rights reserved<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relating emotional variability to emotional wellbeing Have you ever thought about how different your experienced emotions are from one another? Or have you considered whether it is okay for your emotions to range from one extreme to another, or perhaps, not to change daily? The short answer is&#8230; yes, that is all very natural and even can be measured. What is emotional variability? Emotional variability is one&#8217;s tendency to oscillate between different emotions over two dimensions &#8211; you can either fluctuate between unpleasant and pleasant emotions (Pleasantness dimension) and between feeling exhausted and energetic (Energy dimension). In other words, it reflects the ability to flexibly switch between a broad range of \u2018positive\u2019 and \u2018negative\u2019 emotions from moment to moment during interactions, say psychologist Van der Giessen and colleagues. Two people could be very similar in terms of their overall emotion levels, e. g. the occurrence of positive emotions, but quite different from one another in their variability, with one person fluctuating very little around their average level and the other fluctuating a lot. Emotional variability and emotional clarity: different perspectives Two different perspectives exist on emotion variability. 1. One approach suggests that excessive variability is associated with challenges to mental well-being. For example, frequent and intense fluctuations in \u2018negative\u2019 emotions can indicate psychological instability and mental challenges like increased depressive symptoms and anxiety. Research reveals that the severity of depression and social anxiety symptoms are associated with higher emotional variability in a clinical sample (Thompson, Boden and Gotlib, 2018). Using these insights, recent mindfulness-based treatments focus on decreasing variability in \u2018negative\u2019 emotions alongside other goals. On the other hand, emotional clarity is the extent to which individuals can unambiguously identify, name, and mentally represent the type (e.g., sadness, nervousness) and cause of their emotions. Higher emotional clarity contributes to greater consistency in identifying and naming the emotions experienced and their potential sources. Research shows that emotional variability and emotional clarity are inversely interlinked: higher emotional variability means lower emotional clarity. For example, when we are experiencing a wide range of emotions at once, and they keep changing, it is much harder to tell what feelings you are experiencing than when you are feeling one emotion at a time. Therefore, cultivating emotional awareness and developing regulation skills can help increase your emotional clarity and in turn reduce excessive emotional variability. 2. In contrast, a second perspective suggests that higher variability may lead to improved psychological wellness. For example, emotional flexibility \u2014 the ability to respond flexibly to ever-changing circumstances \u2014 shows that one has emotional resilience and can handle emotions in a healthy manner. Moreover, higher variability in physiological stress levels (measured by cortisol level and responses to daily triggers) is associated with better psychological adjustment. Finally, greater variability may render emotional experiences themselves in a more adaptive light. For example, immersing in pleasant emotional experiences (e. g., listening to a favorite song) intensifies appreciation and enjoyment of the next moment. What is the meaning of emotional variability to one&#8217;s well-being? Knowing your emotional variability range can contribute to your overall emotional awareness. For example, excessive emotional variability may be evident primarily during social interactions, meaning that the foundation of it might be linked to how you perceive the process of creating relationships with other people (e. g. feeling anxious around others or maybe just around strangers, etc.). Or it may also be characteristic of you, meaning you&#8217;re just a more introverted person. Higher emotional variability may also occur during rumination (excessive thinking about one thing), according to research. Knowing this, awareness of your emotional range might help you spot when you&#8217;re starting to ruminate and find a distraction (e. g. exercise or meditate), breaking the maladaptive thought cycle and activating self-care. We have also identified certain clues on how to spot burnout early. High emotional variability, people typically swaying from one emotion extremum to the other (from stressed to exhausted every day, from ecstatic to pessimistic), might be one of them. Burnout impacts self-awareness &#8211; therefore, it&#8217;s difficult to spot it early enough yourself. But if you continuously track your emotions and emotional range &#8211; it can be easier to spot the onset by knowing what is (un)usual to you. Remember, a specific range of emotions is not a goal in itself \u2013 it is just important you understand your range and why it is the way it is. After all, emotions are dynamic, and your variation of emotional states &#8211; positive and negative ones &#8211; is part of a balanced mental life. Want to learn more about emotional well-being? Reach out to our team and get a free consultation now. Contact us Copyright \u00a9 | All rights reserved<\/p>","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":3410,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Relating emotional variability to emotional wellbeing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Knowing your emotional variability range can contribute to your overall emotional awareness and be able to increase emotional wellbeing. Learn more.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"lt_LT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Relating emotional variability to emotional wellbeing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Knowing your emotional variability range can contribute to your overall emotional awareness and be able to increase emotional wellbeing. Learn more.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mindletic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-21T14:05:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-22T15:25:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-water-image-emotional-variability-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ieva Vaitkeviciute\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ieva Vaitkeviciute\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minut\u0117s\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ieva Vaitkeviciute\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ce0503bc8bb74534468e73a2fa59ac5b\"},\"headline\":\"Relating emotional variability to emotional wellbeing\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-21T14:05:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-22T15:25:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/\"},\"wordCount\":790,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-water-image-emotional-variability-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"lt-LT\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/\",\"name\":\"Relating emotional variability to emotional wellbeing\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-water-image-emotional-variability-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-21T14:05:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-22T15:25:40+00:00\",\"description\":\"Knowing your emotional variability range can contribute to your overall emotional awareness and be able to increase emotional wellbeing. Learn more.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"lt-LT\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"lt-LT\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-water-image-emotional-variability-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-water-image-emotional-variability-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1700,\"caption\":\"Ocean. Relating emotional variability to emotional wellbeing. Mindletic Blog\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Relating emotional variability to emotional wellbeing\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/\",\"name\":\"Mindletic\",\"description\":\"Digital mental health gym\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"lt-LT\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Mindletic\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"lt-LT\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mindletic-logo-horizontal.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mindletic-logo-horizontal.png\",\"width\":1993,\"height\":422,\"caption\":\"Mindletic\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ce0503bc8bb74534468e73a2fa59ac5b\",\"name\":\"Ieva Vaitkeviciute\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"lt-LT\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a54b197bbc9ecae959ab96d65e57f4821f545b97114db10a91254c8bbe59167c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a54b197bbc9ecae959ab96d65e57f4821f545b97114db10a91254c8bbe59167c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ieva Vaitkeviciute\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/author\/ievav\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Relating emotional variability to emotional wellbeing","description":"Knowing your emotional variability range can contribute to your overall emotional awareness and be able to increase emotional wellbeing. Learn more.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/","og_locale":"lt_LT","og_type":"article","og_title":"Relating emotional variability to emotional wellbeing","og_description":"Knowing your emotional variability range can contribute to your overall emotional awareness and be able to increase emotional wellbeing. Learn more.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/","og_site_name":"Mindletic","article_published_time":"2022-04-21T14:05:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-04-22T15:25:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1700,"url":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-water-image-emotional-variability-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ieva Vaitkeviciute","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ieva Vaitkeviciute","Est. reading time":"5 minut\u0117s"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/"},"author":{"name":"Ieva Vaitkeviciute","@id":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ce0503bc8bb74534468e73a2fa59ac5b"},"headline":"Relating emotional variability to emotional wellbeing","datePublished":"2022-04-21T14:05:04+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-22T15:25:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/"},"wordCount":790,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-water-image-emotional-variability-scaled.jpg","articleSection":["Blog"],"inLanguage":"lt-LT"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/","name":"Relating emotional variability to emotional wellbeing","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-water-image-emotional-variability-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2022-04-21T14:05:04+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-22T15:25:40+00:00","description":"Knowing your emotional variability range can contribute to your overall emotional awareness and be able to increase emotional wellbeing. Learn more.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"lt-LT","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"lt-LT","@id":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-water-image-emotional-variability-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mindletic-blog-water-image-emotional-variability-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1700,"caption":"Ocean. Relating emotional variability to emotional wellbeing. Mindletic Blog"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/relating-emotional-variability-to-emotional-wellbeing\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Relating emotional variability to emotional wellbeing"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/","name":"Mindletic","description":"Digital mental health gym","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"lt-LT"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/#organization","name":"Mindletic","url":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"lt-LT","@id":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mindletic-logo-horizontal.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mindletic-logo-horizontal.png","width":1993,"height":422,"caption":"Mindletic"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ce0503bc8bb74534468e73a2fa59ac5b","name":"Ieva Vaitkeviciute","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"lt-LT","@id":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a54b197bbc9ecae959ab96d65e57f4821f545b97114db10a91254c8bbe59167c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a54b197bbc9ecae959ab96d65e57f4821f545b97114db10a91254c8bbe59167c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ieva Vaitkeviciute"},"url":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/author\/ievav\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3409"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3426,"href":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3409\/revisions\/3426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mindletic.com\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}