Vocabulary

• set up
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• lead to: To result in some action
• fight off: To defend a position, often violently
• affective disorder: A psychological disorder characterized by disturbances in mood or emotion.
• seek help: To ask for or try to get assistance or support.
• ask for help: To request assistance or support.
• work wonders: To have a very good effect; to be surprisingly effective.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• strike up: To begin a friendship, relationship, or conversation.
• check out
• episode: One separate event in a series of events
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• fatigue: Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• mental: Concerning the mind
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• immediately: Without any delay; straight away
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• insomnia: Inability to sleep for many nights
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• strike: To hit something
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• threshold: Degree or level at which something begins
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• physically: In a manner related to the body
• contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
• suppress: To prevent the display of emotion or feeling
• therapist: Person skilled in a particular type of therapy
• hippocampus: A part of the brain that is part of the limbic system and is important for memory
• serotonin: A neurotransmitter in the brain that helps regulate mood, sleep, appetite, and emotional well-being; often referred to as the "feel-good" hormone.
• slump: To sit, lean or fall down because tired or ill
• melatonin: Hormone secreted by the pineal gland
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• noggin: A human head
• pun: Funny way to use a word to express another meaning
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• invade: To enter something causing a harmful result
• animate: To give life, energy, or motion to something
• abnormal: Not normal, not typical, not usual, not regular
• recollection: A past occurrence that is remembered
• effectiveness: Degree of how well something works or is done
• hormonal: Concerning or caused by hormones in the body
• unfortunate: Having bad luck; bringing a bad result
• positivity: Tendency to be positive or accepting
• positively: In a manner showing agreement or support for
• depress: To make someone feel sad or miserable
• twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
• eyesight: Normal use of the faculty of vision
• online: Connected to the internet