Vocabulary

• the whole story: The complete and unabridged account of something.
• time heals all wounds: Emotional pain or problems lessen as time passes.
• in danger: Exposed to the risk of harm, injury, or loss.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• fall short: To fail to reach a required or expected standard or goal.
• art therapy: The use of creative methods such as painting, drawing, and sculpture to help people who have mental health problems.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• privilege: Advantage or right given to only certain people
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• psychologist: An expert who studies the mind and behavior
• myth: Popular belief that is false, unsupported by fact
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• prefrontal: Anterior to a frontal structure
• prescription: Specific medicine officially ordered for a patient
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• external: Concerning foreign countries
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• 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
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• flexible: Bending easily
• brace: Structure that strengthens a joint
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• amygdala: Almond-shaped structure in the brain's anterior
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• movement: Part of a piece of classical music
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• whisper: To talk with breath but no voice
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• regulation: Act of controlling something with rules or orders
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
• breeze: To act in a confident way; walk, enter confidently
• stable: In a position where something does not fall over
• medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
• erase: To remove data in computer memory, tape, etc.
• disconnect: To separate something from something else
• expressive: Clearly or with passion
• calmer: Having become more relaxed, less worried etc.
• rewire: To put new electricity cables in (a building)
• heartbeat: Beat of your heart
• yoga: Exercise system to gain suppleness and tranquility
• somatic: Of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
• standardize: To change to make everything the same level
• unseen: Not having been seen or able to be seen
• unspeakable: Defying expression or description; terrible