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    [Noun]  | "neu*ro*sis" | \ nu̇-ˈrō-səs \


    1: a mental and emotional disorder that affects only part of the personality, is accompanied by a less distorted perception of reality than in a psychosis, does not result in disturbance of the use of language, and is accompanied by various physical, physiological, and mental disturbances (such as visceral symptoms, anxieties, or phobias)


    Origin: circa 1784 ;

     Borrowed from New Latin neurōsis "any of various conditions (as coma or paralysis) involving impairment of the sensory and motor systems without local disease or fever," from Greek neûron "sinew, tendon, nerve" + New Latin -ōsis {see: |-osis|-osis} {mat|nerve:1|};

      * Note : The Latin term neurosis was introduced in the sense given in the etymology ("sensus et motus laesi, sine pyrexia et sine morbo locali") by the Scottish physician William Cullen (1710-90) in Synopsis nosologiæ methodicæ (Edinburgh, 1769), p. 274. Cullen later used the word in English: "In this place I propose to comprehend, under the title of Neuroses, all those preternatural affections of sense or motion, which are without pyrexia as part of the primary disease; and all those which do not depend upon a topical affection of the organs, but upon a more general affection of the nervous system, and of those powers on which sense and motion more especially depend." (First Lines of the Practice of Physic, for the Use of the Students in the University of Edinburgh, vol. 3 [Edinburgh, 1783], p. 2).;

    [Noun]  | "anxiety neurosis" 


    1: anxiety disorder


    Origin: 1895 ;

     After German Angstneurose;

    [Noun]  | "neurosis" 


    1: an emotional illness in which a person experiences strong feelings of fear or worry;


      * e.g., " ... The patient is clearly suffering from a neurosis. "





     [ "neurosis" ]

    1: leading proponent of the progressive neurocore movement.

      * e.g.,  ... the blood that runs through me is not my own 

     [ "neurosis" ]

    1: To quit a level that you are best suited to that you may or may not be excelling at, and join a level lower to what you are best suited to for easy wins.

     [ "neurosis" ]

    1: A clan that won this random 'Counter-Strike'(whats that?) league in some place named Brisbane (wheres that?)

      * e.g.,  ... I am in neurosis. 

     [ "neurosis" ]

    1: g0t rand0ms?

      * e.g.,  ... "what a gay aremy gawx" 

     [ "Neurosis" ]

    1: A mild form of mental illness, in which subjective experiences of emotional distress are common but contact with reality has not been lost. Examples include anxiety disorders, depression and eating disorders. It is also called psychoneurosis.

      * e.g.,  ... Neurosis can in many ways be distinguished from the more severe psychotic mental disorders, such as schizophrenia and manic depression (bipolar). 

     [ "Neurosis" ]

    1: A vague diagnosis to describe:

      * e.g.,  ... Kimmy: "I hate my life. Why am I even here?" 


     [ "Neurosis" ]

    2: -sometimes constant anxiety with no stress triggering it

      * e.g.,  ... Kimmy then has thoughts about self worth and what her worth means to Tod, which is being controlled by her sporadic anxiety attack because she has neurosis. 


     [ "Neurosis" ]

    3: -obsessive compulsive antics

      * e.g.,  ... Tod: "Haha, you're so neurotic." 


     [ "Neurosis" ]

    4: -irritably with your girlfriend to the point where you smack her and she says "why" and you reply "because"


     [ "Neurosis" ]

    5: -repeated fantasizing of every day things


     [ "Neurosis" ]

    6: -so-on Symptoms tend to take form in manic episodes that can last for days, weeks, or maybe just an hour.

     [ "Chuck neurosis" ]

    1: Neurosis of the infinite kind. The Alpha and Omega of Neurosis. The self induced, interconnected, interstellar particle of Neurosis from which all Neurosis stems.

      * e.g.,  ... When the turns green... The lantern burns bright...you suffer neurosis and master it. You become a sensei of Neurosis, and then you take a big draw on life and Chuck Neurosis faces you! 

     [ "Quarantine Neurosis" ]

    1: A mild mental health condition caused by sheltering in place for a month or more due to a pandemic. Signs are a partial loss of reality and difficulty interacting with others even with social distancing. Can progress to psychosis with continued isolation.

      * e.g.,  ... Zach has been sheltering place for so long that he is easily agitated. He is suffering from quarantine neurosis. 

     [ "Success Neurosis" ]

    1: Children who limit achievement so they can fit in with peers or underachievers. (Thus guaranteeing underachievement for life.)

      * e.g.,  ... Children who don't want to be ostracized in school by underachievers develop "success neurosis". When T.J. went to high school his friends made fun of him for making the honor roll. His tenth grade year he developed success neurosis and his friends still made fun of him. 

     [ "Approaching occupational neurosis" ]

    1: The sense of exponential dread that occurs when one more closely nears one's workplace. If one is driving down a hill to said workplace the effect is sometimes described as Hell like.

      * e.g.,  ... (In a carpool on a public service ad) "What's wrong Jake? Your face has gone white." "Look down there at the bottom of the hill and to the right!" "OH MY GOD! IT"S THAT PLACE WE WORK!" (A psychologist enters the ad and states paternally; "This is approaching occupational neurosis. Don't let it happen to you or anyone you care about. Resign or seek professional help immediately!" 

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