Vocabulary

• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• have to: Must do
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• pull back: To move to a safer area; retreat
• bubble up: To rise to the surface in bubbles.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• slip up: To make a mistake
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• light up: To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
• lead to: To result in some action
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
• illusion: Idea, image or impression that is not correct
• prioritize: To rank things in importance
• thrive: To be or become healthy or successful
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• interpret: To express so that others understand it
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• frustration: Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• psychologist: An expert who studies the mind and behavior
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• shrink: To become smaller
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• ordinary: Normal or usual
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• neglect: Act of failing to do something important, required
• accountability: Responsibility to someone or for some activity
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• brace: Structure that strengthens a joint
• drag: To reluctantly move or go somewhere
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• slam: To criticize sharply
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• nurture: Care and support given to people as they develop
• withdraw: To take money out of a bank account
• root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• patience: Ability to wait without being annoyed
• expense: Money you have to pay to do part of your job
• rejection: Decision that something is not good enough
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• part: Division of a book
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• gym: Physical education taught as a class in school
• psychotherapist: Therapist treating mental and emotional disorders
• disagreement: Act or state of not agreeing