Explosive behavior is when a person has a disorder that involves repeated, sudden episodes of impulsive, aggressive, violent behavior or angry verbal outbursts in which you react grossly out of proportion to the situation.
Explosive behavior is known as intermittent explosive disorder.
People with explosive personality disorder exhibit extreme emotional instability characterized by explosive outbursts of rage upon minor provocation.
Persons with histrionic personality disorder persistently display overly dramatic, highly excitable, and intensely expressed behaviour (i.e., histrionics).
A typical IED outburst usually lasts for less than 30 minutes.
Thus, a recommended approach is to wait for him to calm down, before letting him know that you recognize his remorse for the behavior and would like to help him prevent future outbursts.
Intermittent explosive disorder (sometimes abbreviated as IED) is a behavioral disorder characterized by explosive outbursts of anger and/or violence, often to the point of rage, that are disproportionate to the situation at hand (e.g., impulsive shouting, screaming or excessive reprimanding.
Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) is an often overlooked mental disorder identified by episodes of anger, sudden outbursts in which the person loses control entirely.
This mental disorder usually begins in childhood or adolescence.
Most people continue to experience it later in their life, though.
The exact cause of the disorder is unknown, but it's probably caused by a number of environmental and biological factors.
Environment.
Most people with this disorder grew up in families where explosive behavior and verbal and physical abuse were common.
Intermittent explosive disorder may best be treated by a combination of cognitive behavioral therapy (which consists of relaxation training, changing the ways you think [cognitive restructuring] and coping skills training) and medications.