Emotional [Rollercoaster]
the term emotional rollercoaster was coined by dr. n. amundson in dealing with unemployment, first in a research article: amundson, n.e., & borgen, w. (1982). the dynamics of unemployment: job loss and job search. personnel and guidance journal, 60, 562-564. it was most likely made popular when nelson canada published their booklet at the controls:charting your course through unemployment in 1987. approximately 960,000 copies of this book were bought by the gov’t of canada and distributed to people dealing with unemployment between 1987 and 1996.
“shock! relief! sadness! excitement! frustration! lack of energy! hopelessness! determination! people feel many different emotions when they are out of work. these feelings may be a bit different from one person to another depending on how you lost your job, how long you have been out of work, your future possibilities, and whether you can provide for your family or others who depend on you.
however, many of the unemployed people we talked with described similar patterns of emotions. they described these feelings as an “emotional rollercoaster” that kept them off balance… ” (amundson and borgen, at the controls, 1987)
1 more definition
term first used by r&b singer vivian green in her 2002 single “emotional rollercoaster” from the alb-m “a love story”. it is used to describe the varied emotions that a person (usually someone you’re in a relationship with) has you feeling for them. for example, your girlfriend cheats on you with your best friend. as much as you hate her for cheating, you can’t help but keep loving her because she has you so sprung.
2.) when your emotions go up and down like a rollercoaster. for example, you keep slipping in between happiness and sadness.
vivian green: “boy i’m so tired of you making love to me, and then disappearing so suddenly. ’round and ’round it goes.
and i’m so tired of you pacifying me with promises you know that you’ll never keep……i’m on an emotional rollercoaster loving you ain’t nothing healthy; loving you was never good for me.”
Read Also:
- Ribigulous
used to describe something that is both big and ridiculous. ridiculously big. d-mn, fourty letter alpha numeric p-ssword? dude, that’s ribigulous!
- Sophie L
kind, beautiful and the type of person you wouldn’t ever want to loose. easy to talk to, funny and exciting. easy to love and gets all the boys. is sometimes a quiet person but at other times she reveals her depths and shows a side of herself that you’d be lucky to see. oh that […]
- sophistipunk
having a sense of cl-ss with a touch of s-ss. someone with punkrock roots that has leaned to adapt in a sophisticated environment without losing touch of their punk history and incorporating that into their life nonchalantly. in tim armstrong’s video ‘hold on’ he is rollin’ around town in a mercedes. that’s sophistipunk.
- ass tassles
the hair that is around your -sshole 1. kevin was sitting naked in his wicker chair the other day and almost ripped out his apricot when his -ss t-ssles got caught in the bamboo weave. 2. tricia was complaining that she had -ss t-ssles in her mouth after tossing my salad. 2 more definitions one […]
- asswiggle
one who is born with 4 -sses and only 1 -sshole the extra -ss is used only 4 sitting it cannot excrete 1.yo look at that kid he must be an -sswiggle 2.yo thats f-cked up how wud like look like that 1. well i dun so f-ck you