Vocabulary

• coping mechanism: A psychological strategy used to manage stress or emotional distress.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• lead to: To result in some action
• in the open: Publicly; not secret.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• sit with: To stay with someone and provide support or comfort.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• or simply: Alternatively; in a more straightforward way.
• have to: Must do
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• distraction: Something drawing your attention away from
• constant: Happening frequently or without pause
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• repetition: When something occurs again
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• motivation: Reason behind why someone did something
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• irritable: Annoyed; easily annoyed or angered
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• psychologist: An expert who studies the mind and behavior
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• prefrontal: Anterior to a frontal structure
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• impulsive: Acting without really thinking about it; rash
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• compulsive: Having difficulty to stop yourself doing something
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• swear: To say bad or impolite words to someone
• gratification: Pleasure; happiness; satisfaction
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• productivity: Rate at which people or machines produce
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• resonate: (Of ideas) to have a big impact for a long time
• pleasure: Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• taboo: Not being accepted by customs or society
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• deem: To judge something to be a certain thing, way
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• boredom: Feeling of being uninterested or unexcited
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• buzz: Low pitched sound similar to the sound bees make
• withdrawal: Action of pulling back or move away or backward
• fantasy: Something imagined and very different from reality
• stimulation: Arousal of interest or emotions
• circuit: An area where cars race in a circle
• restless: Worried and uneasy; ceaselessly in motion
• orgasm: Moment of most intense pleasure when having sex
• soothe: To relieve something, like pain
• porn: Short for pornography
• discomfort: To cause to feel uncomfortable or not at ease
• anecdotal: Relying on stories, experiences, rather than fact
• masturbation: Stimulation of the genitals for sexual pleasure
• masturbate: To emit semen by self-manipulation of the penis
• reset: To return to the original start or formation
• unworthy: Lacking in value or merit; not deserving help