Vocabulary

• due to: Because of; owing to
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• between the lines: To understand the hidden meaning or intention in something.
• reaches out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• on to: Toward something; forward
• go on: To continue doing something
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• lead to: To result in some action
• make up: To invent or create a story
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• for nothing: Without payment or reward; to no purpose or effect; in vain
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• intuition: Natural ability to guess or feel things
• strength: Condition of being strong
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• psychologist: An expert who studies the mind and behavior
• definition: Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
• consistency: Quality of behaving or meaning the same
• endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• affection: Feeling of liking someone or something
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• therapist: Person skilled in a particular type of therapy
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• brace: Structure that strengthens a joint
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• chest: Strong, lidded container for storing things
• ironically: Contrary to plan or expectation
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• silence: State of being quiet and not talking for a time
• paranoid: Believing others are trying to harm you
• respond: To answer something or someone
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• distant: Unfriendly; cold
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• tolerance: Ability to adjust to changes, your environment etc.
• mindful: Bearing in mind; attentive to
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• demeanor: The way a person behaves toward other people
• patience: Ability to wait without being annoyed
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• hyper: Very excited or active
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• caution: Quality of being cautious; avoiding risk, danger
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• erase: To remove data in computer memory, tape, etc.
• advocacy: Request for change
• seed: A person's children; offspring
• compress: To press tightly together
• overload: To make a machine work too hard so it might break
• tab: To press the tab key on a keyboard
• bitch: To aggressively complain about something
• heartbreak: Great sorrow caused by e.g. death of loved one
• overshadow: To be more important or significant by comparison