Vocabulary

• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• such as: For example; like
• in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
• act out: To perform a role before going on stage; practice
• coping mechanism: A psychological strategy used to manage stress or emotional distress.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• withdraw from: To take out or remove (something) from a place or container.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• creative thinkers: Individuals who possess the ability to generate innovative and original ideas.
• feel the need: To have a strong desire or urge to do something.
• episode: One separate event in a series of events
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
• mental: Concerning the mind
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• overwhelming: To defeat something or someone completely
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• urge: A strong desire for something
• interfere: To get involved in something not your business
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• excessive: Beyond what is usual or proper
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• psychologist: An expert who studies the mind and behavior
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• vivid: Having very clear details and seeming to be real
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• immerse: To put something in liquid until it is covered
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• drift: (Of sand, etc.) to be blown into heaps by the wind
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• boredom: Feeling of being uninterested or unexcited
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• addictive: Being powerless to stop doing or using something
• facial: Treatment to improve condition of the skin of face
• loneliness: State of feeling sad because you are alone
• regain: To get something back that had been lost
• lonely: Sad because apart from other people
• daydream: To wonder or imagine fantasies happening
• fulfil: To finish or provide something successfully