The loss of emotional regulation brings:

• Non-acceptance of emotional response (reacting to the expression of emotion)
• Difficulty to commit to planned goals (by the irruption of afflictive emotion)
• Difficulty in controlling impulses (not being able to inhibit)
• Lack of emotional awareness (not being able to name it, label it)
• Limited access to emotional regulation strategies (not knowing how to regain control over afflictive emotion)
• Lack of emotional clarity (not being able to discern the emotions that appear)

Mindfulness can bring improvements in all of these facets.