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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)
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mexican rollercoaster

the act of riding in the bed of a pickup truck on the highway.
Ever been to Six Flags Tijuana?
Yah, my uncle has a Toyota Hilux! It's a mexican rollercoaster!

rollercoastering 

you don't want to be predictable but close people will know..
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rollercoastering by Krkič September 13, 2019

Rollercoastering 

When a couple sits on the same side of a booth at a restaurant with no one sitting across from them.
I observed Samantha and Philip rollercoastering at the sushi restaurant on Saturday.
Rollercoastering by pip1776 March 30, 2011

rollercoaster 

the thing that makes your heart rate rise to the same rate as it is during sex. no joke. its on a video =
if you had sex on a rollercoaster, would you die?!
rollercoaster by darkXangel July 2, 2008

Curvey Rollercoaster 

While someone else is driving, you and your partner have sex in the back seat, the driver is going around curvey roads. You ride that rollercoaster out!
Sex in a car going through back roads. Feels like riding a curvey rollercoaster, BUT BETTER

romanian rollercoaster 

69 it with your partner while rolling down a set of stairs.