(n.) The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner.

abstraction abulia agitability alienation anxiety anxiety equivalent anxiety state apathy blood and thunder catatonic stupor combustibility compulsion dejection demonstrativeness depression detachment edginess elation emotional appeal emotional instability emotionality emotionalization emotionalizing emotiveness emotivity eruptiveness euphoria excitability excitableness explosiveness folie du doute histrionics human interest hypochondria hysteria hysterics indifference inflammability insensibility irascibility irritability latent violence lethargy love interest making scenes mania melancholia melodrama melodramatics mental distress nervousness nonrationalness obsession pathological indecisiveness perturbability preoccupation prickliness psychalgia psychomotor disturbance sensationalism sensitivity skittishness startlishness stupor tempestuousness theatricality theatrics tic touchiness twitching unreasoningness unresponsiveness violence visceralness withdrawal yellow journalism