Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• ask for help: To request assistance or support.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• the leading cause: The most significant or primary reason for something.
• bring on: To cause to appear, e.g. onto a stage
• from time to time: Occasionally; sometimes but not regularly.
• out of the blue: Unexpectedly; without warning
• go away: To go on vacation
• of interest: Relevant or important to someone or something.
• have at: To attack someone or something.
• physical manifestations: Bodily symptoms or signs of a disease or condition.
• such as: For example; like
• complete picture: A thorough and comprehensive understanding of a situation or event.
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• have to: Must do
• seek out: To look for and find someone or something, especially when it is not easy to find.
• point out: To make others aware of an idea
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• mental: Concerning the mind
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• trait: A particular characteristic that can produce a particular type of behavior
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• 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
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• extreme: Very great in degree
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• stigma: Mark of shame or disgrace
• appetite: Feeling of hunger or desire for something
• cholesterol: Substance in the body that may cause heart disease
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• concentration: Amount or number of something in a thing or place
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• interaction: Process of people or things affecting each other
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• circadian: Concerning biological processes occurring at -hour intervals
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• serotonin: A neurotransmitter in the brain that helps regulate mood, sleep, appetite, and emotional well-being; often referred to as the "feel-good" hormone.
• cortisol: Adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
• seek: To ask someone for help
• consecutive: Following one after the other in order
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• asthma: Lung illness causing difficulty in breathing
• naked: Not wearing any clothes; without covering
• suicide: Act of purposely killing yourself
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• complement: To go with so as to make the whole complete
• confusion: Not knowing what to do; state of disorder
• magnetic: Having the properties of a magnet; able to attract
• diagnosis: Judgments by a doctor about a person's illness
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• psychiatric: Concerning the treatment of the mind
• seizure: Act of taking control of something by force
• stimulation: Arousal of interest or emotions
• intangible: (Of goods) not physical and unable to be touched
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• depletion: Reducing the amount, strength or number of
• abnormal: Not normal, not typical, not usual, not regular
• transmission: Part of car including gears affecting speed of car
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• recurrent: Happening again and again
• diagnostic: Concerning finding out the cause of a problem