Anxiety
distress or uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune:
Bipolar Disorder
- an affective disorder characterized by periods of mania alternating with periods of depression, usually interspersed with relatively long intervals of normal mood.
Coping
Coping refers to conscious strategies used to reduce unpleasant emotions.
Delusion
- an act or instance of deluding.
Depression
the act of depressing.
Dopamine
- Biochemistry. a catecholamine neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, retina, and sympathetic ganglia, acting within the brain to help regulate movement and emotion: its depletion may cause Parkinson's disease.: Compare dopa.
Endorphins
Substances produced by the brain that have painkilling and tranquillizing effects on the body. Endorphins are thought to be similar to morphine and are usually released by the brain during times of extreme body stress. The release of endorphins may explain why trauma victims sometimes cannot feel the pain associated with their injuries.
Mania
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
Mood
a state or quality of feeling at a particular time:
OCD
- obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Phobia
- an intense, persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity, situation, or person that manifests in physical symptoms such as sweating, trembling, rapid heartbeat, or shortness of breath, and that motivates avoidance behavior.
Psychology
the science of the mind or of mental states and processes.
PTSD
- posttraumatic stress disorder.
Self-Care
the act of attending to one’s physical or mental health, generally without medical or other professional consultation (often used attributively):
Serotonin
- a neurotransmitter, derived from tryptophan, that is involved in sleep, depression, memory, and other neurological processes.
Stigma
a mental or physical mark that is characteristic of a defect or disease:
Stress
To experience stress or worry:
Therapy
the treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitating, or curative process: