Vocabulary

• lead to: To result in some action
• of age: Having reached the legal age of adulthood.
• in waves: Occurring in large, flowing bursts or groups.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• go away: To go on vacation
• on the door: Situated on the surface or part of a door.
• lock on: To establish a tracking signal on a target, typically used in the context of missile guidance systems.
• such as: For example; like
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• check out
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• mental: Concerning the mind
• ritual: Performed as part of a ceremony
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• extreme: Very great in degree
• anxious: Afraid of what may happen; worried and nervous
• spectrum: The wavelengths of colors from red to violet
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• indulge: To let someone else have or do what they want
• strike: To hit something
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• excessive: Beyond what is usual or proper
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• shift: To change in position or direction
• overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• intensity: Great energy, strength, or concentration
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• obsessive: Characterized by or constituting an obsession
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• compulsive: Having difficulty to stop yourself doing something
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• initiate: To cause something to begin
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• repetitive: Doing or saying the same things many times
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• attribute: (Of books, art, music) to say it was composed by
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• persist: To continue a course of action despite opposition
• obsess: To talk or think about someone, something too much
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• resolve: To make a decision to do something
• relieve: To make less boring by making some change
• intrusive: Appearing or getting involved where not wanted
• exacerbate: To increase the severity or bitterness of
• onset: When something, e.g. an illness, starts; beginning
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• pound: The # key on a keyboard
• symmetry: Having parts that are exactly the same
• afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
• medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
• person: Man, woman or child
• hoard: Large amount of hidden (valuable) items
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• forbid: To order someone not to do something
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• prevention: Act of stopping something bad from happening