Vocabulary

• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• have to: Must do
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• across from: Being on the other side
• open up to: To start talking more freely about your feelings and private thoughts.
• social bonding: The development of close interpersonal relationships.
• in service: Available for use; operational
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• in the moment: At the present time; now.
• bounce back: To return quickly to a normal condition after a difficult situation or illness.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• grow into: To be able to wear clothes that were too big
• by your side: Near you, supporting you.
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• laugh with: To share a feeling of amusement with someone
• check out
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
• intimacy: The sharing of private and personal things
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• presence: The same place or area that a person is
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• interpret: To express so that others understand it
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• psychologist: An expert who studies the mind and behavior
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• dull: Not exciting or interesting; boring; lifeless
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• prefrontal: Anterior to a frontal structure
• neural: About the nerves or nervous system
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• digest: To convert food into energy in your stomach
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• serotonin: A neurotransmitter in the brain that helps regulate mood, sleep, appetite, and emotional well-being; often referred to as the "feel-good" hormone.
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• cortisol: Adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• shallow: Not deep; short from top to bottom
• pleasure: Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• amygdala: Almond-shaped structure in the brain's anterior
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• nurture: Care and support given to people as they develop
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• gooey: Soft and sticky
• oxytocin: Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• strengthen: To make something stronger
• regulation: Act of controlling something with rules or orders
• antidote: A drug, which limits the effects of a poison
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• justify: To give good reasons for something
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• rejection: Decision that something is not good enough
• neuroscience: Scientific study of the nervous system
• deep: Complex and important
• surprisingly: In an unexpected manner; to an unexpected degree
• immunity: State of not being able to catch a disease
• soothe: To relieve something, like pain
• scan: To look inside of the body with a special machine
• disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
• affiliate: Organization that is associated with another
• sue: Person's name
• reshape: To form something into a new shape
• trio: Three of something, e.g. musicians
• calmer: Having become more relaxed, less worried etc.
• activation: Act of making something (e.g. a bomb) active
• heartfelt: Earnest; sincere; strongly felt
• cautiously: In a manner to avoid risk or danger