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an emotional illness in which a person experiences strong feelings of fear or worry
The patient is clearly suffering from a neurosis.
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Recent Examples of neurosis
Each rather relatable episode is a window into a different lane of neurosis, as Théo’s anxiety complicates things that should be straightforward, like parties, doctor’s appointments and getting on a plane.
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Kambole Campbell, Variety, 2 Sep. 2024
Connected by a complex sound design that occasionally collapses time and space, scenes of absurd mundanity give way to the fantasy of fiction, its triangle of poets, artists, and actors motivated equally by wishful dreaming and comic, everyday neuroses.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2024
And the genuinely scary Lemmon, who dives deep into Jane’s fragile psyche, manages both to articulate her telling observations without shying away from the manifestation of her neuroses.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2024
Suddenly Céline has become the broken one, a reversal that invites Alice’s neuroses to feast on her guilt and fret over her child now that her best friend no longer has one.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 25 July 2024
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Kambole Campbell, Variety, 2 Sep. 2024
Connected by a complex sound design that occasionally collapses time and space, scenes of absurd mundanity give way to the fantasy of fiction, its triangle of poets, artists, and actors motivated equally by wishful dreaming and comic, everyday neuroses.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2024
And the genuinely scary Lemmon, who dives deep into Jane’s fragile psyche, manages both to articulate her telling observations without shying away from the manifestation of her neuroses.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2024
Suddenly Céline has become the broken one, a reversal that invites Alice’s neuroses to feast on her guilt and fret over her child now that her best friend no longer has one.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 25 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neurosis
Noun
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Her grandmother has dementia and has to take 13 different medications.Madison Lammert, Journal Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2024
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Her mother, already difficult, is struggling with dementia, hence the road trip, which is meant to resettle her into Robin’s home.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2024
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By Alice Park October 30, 2024 7:43 AM EDT People with schizophrenia now have a new drug to treat the neuropsychiatric condition.Alice Park, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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He was hospitalized several times for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and often wore military-style boots (like the print found at at least one of the crime scenes).Jessica Sager, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
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Some are faced with a more lethal and rare diagnosis: postpartum psychosis.Theara Coleman, theweek, 18 Oct. 2024
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Such reasoning often derives from depression rather than psychosis, though some clinicians are reluctant to draw a categorical distinction.Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Neurosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neurosis. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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