Basic er*u (EuFcUu)

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This is the most primitive of the basic adjustments derived from the primitive EFU cluster. The er*u remains extremely affective with little mature control of his emotions. The er*a* [EuFcUc] has made some type of adjustment that helps him to maintain emotional control even though he is still susceptible to episodic states that are affective and confusing. The er*u is much more spontaneously and continuously active, emotional, and erratic. His general personality is one of "nervousness," over-reactivity, and inferiority. Many immature personalities are found in this cluster; it is rare that the er*u will make even temporary satisfactory adjustments, a possibility still open to the er* a. Childhood nervous diseases such as chorea are common; even when outright illness is not obvious, the er*u is considered strange, peculiar, and erratic. Poor progress in school is common and marked intellectual inferiority is characteristic.

Moodiness is a primary characteristic of this adjustment and, as might be expected, extremes are very common. To a large extent, this is the classic manic-depressive adjustment. Over activity (manic episodes) and morose depressions are not uncommon; the periods of remission are intervals during which the individual is tensely compulsive or rigidly over-controlled. Obviously, the er*u has very limited tolerance for stress and in some of the surface manifestation, he is tensely blank, non-responsive, and inoperative.

In general, the er*u is probably one of the most uncomfortable adjustments a person can make because of the intensity of the feeling, the bewilderment of the frequency of rejection, and the uncontrollability of the emotion. Alcoholism and drug addiction, when it occurs in the er*u, is particularly disabling because of the severe emotional reaction that are precipitated.