Anxiety & PTSD

Phobia

Persistent, intense, irrational fear of an object, activity, or situation

Distress

Unpleasant emotion, feeling, thought, condition, or behavior

Dissociative

Feeling of being separate from reality

Acting Out

Destructive coping where a person lashes out to transfer focus from personal distress

Peculiar

Unusual behaviors

Agoraphobia

Fear and avoidance of places or situations that might cause panic or feelings of being trapped

Eustress

Stress that leads to positive growth or motivation

Resilience

The ability to mentally cope with or adapt to uncertainty, challenges, and adversity

Comorbidity

A coexisting health condition

Reframing

Strategy people can use to adjust their mindset and view situations differently

Intrusive

Disturbing thoughts, impulses, or images that persist or recur

Amnesia

Loss of memory

Perceptual Field

Features of a stimulus that are perceived and used to make judgments about that stimulus

Compulsion

Ritualistic behaviors performed to decrease anxiety

Anxiolytic

Reduces anxiety

Anxiety

Apprehensive uneasiness or nervousness about an impending event

Altruism

Finding pleasure in helping others

Panic

Reaction to a specific danger