Neurosis
noun
A type of mental problem where a person feels very worried or nervous.
The doctor diagnosed him with a neurosis, a result of the extreme stress at work.
Often appears as...
- develop a neurosis
- suffer from neurosis
noun
An irrational worry or fear that causes a person to behave in a certain way.
Her cleanliness neurosis causes her to wash her hands every five minutes.
Often appears as...
- cleanliness neurosis
- obsessive neurosis
noun
A type of mental problem where a person feels very worried or nervous.
The doctor diagnosed him with a neurosis, a result of the extreme stress at work.
Often appears as...
- develop a neurosis
- suffer from neurosis
noun
An irrational worry or fear that causes a person to behave in a certain way.
Her cleanliness neurosis causes her to wash her hands every five minutes.
Often appears as...
- cleanliness neurosis
- obsessive neurosis
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Neurosis often implies a deep emotional struggle that affects daily life.
After the accident, his neurosis prevented him from driving again.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Insanity
Neurosis doesn't mean a person is insane; they're aware of their condition and fears.
Despite her neurosis, she managed her responsibilities efficiently.
Pro Tip 3/3Chronic Stress
Neurosis can stem from long-term stress and characterizes ongoing anxiety issues.
Years of bullying led to a neurosis that haunted him into adulthood.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Neurosis often implies a deep emotional struggle that affects daily life.
After the accident, his neurosis prevented him from driving again.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Insanity
Neurosis doesn't mean a person is insane; they're aware of their condition and fears.
Despite her neurosis, she managed her responsibilities efficiently.
Pro Tip 3/3Chronic Stress
Neurosis can stem from long-term stress and characterizes ongoing anxiety issues.
Years of bullying led to a neurosis that haunted him into adulthood.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Neurosis often implies a deep emotional struggle that affects daily life.
After the accident, his neurosis prevented him from driving again.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Insanity
Neurosis doesn't mean a person is insane; they're aware of their condition and fears.
Despite her neurosis, she managed her responsibilities efficiently.
Pro Tip 3/3Chronic Stress
Neurosis can stem from long-term stress and characterizes ongoing anxiety issues.
Years of bullying led to a neurosis that haunted him into adulthood.
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Quote examples
Peter Capaldi
Scottish Actor
I was always admiring people who seemed to conduct themselves with ease in the world. Maybe that's a great gift to give your kids if you can do that. Because they can move through the world without neurosis, this anxiety about everything, which our own parents gave us.
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Fred Durst
American Musician
You know, in my music career there was a moment where the irony was just so heavy. There were people in my audience that were the reason I developed neuroses. These people that tortured my life were using my art, my poetry, as fuel for them, to torture other people.
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Joe Satriani
American Musician
Boy, if anyone wants to get visited from an alien, it's me. I'm dying, and I've been sending out that invitation to the universe ever since I was a kid. I don't believe in little green men. That's collective neurosis of society. So I don't believe that.
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George Saunders
American Writer
The scariest thought in the world is that someday I'll wake up and realize I've been sleepwalking through my life: underappreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear, and the habitual.
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John Grant
American Musician
I still deal with triggers and neuroses that I've developed over the decades. But I do think I have a great amount of compassion for people who feel that they don't fit in, or people who feel they have trouble finding their place in this world.
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Harold Ramis
American Actor
A psychologist said to me, there are only two important questions you have to ask yourself. What do you really feel? And, what do you really want? If you can answer those two, you probably can leave your neuroses behind you.
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Abraham Maslow
American Psychologist
You can see neurosis from below - as a sickness - as most psychiatrists see it. Or you can understand it as a compassionate man might: respecting the neurosis as a fumbling and inefficient effort toward good ends.
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Rick Hoffman
American Actor
As actors, for the most part, there's that neuroses most of us possess where, in a day of watching, this character get killed off of this show, and that character get killed off of that show - one never knows.
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Patrick Stewart
English Actor
You get all of your neuroses worked out on stage. I haven't actually played very many nice characters, certainly not on stage. It's not a quality that attracts me.
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Lake Bell
American Actress
Actually, in my own life I think I probably feign neuroses to be more interesting than I am.
Quote examples
Peter Capaldi
Scottish Actor
I was always admiring people who seemed to conduct themselves with ease in the world. Maybe that's a great gift to give your kids if you can do that. Because they can move through the world without neurosis, this anxiety about everything, which our own parents gave us.
Quote examples
Fred Durst
American Musician
You know, in my music career there was a moment where the irony was just so heavy. There were people in my audience that were the reason I developed neuroses. These people that tortured my life were using my art, my poetry, as fuel for them, to torture other people.
Quote examples
Joe Satriani
American Musician
Boy, if anyone wants to get visited from an alien, it's me. I'm dying, and I've been sending out that invitation to the universe ever since I was a kid. I don't believe in little green men. That's collective neurosis of society. So I don't believe that.
Quote examples
George Saunders
American Writer
The scariest thought in the world is that someday I'll wake up and realize I've been sleepwalking through my life: underappreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear, and the habitual.
Quote examples
John Grant
American Musician
I still deal with triggers and neuroses that I've developed over the decades. But I do think I have a great amount of compassion for people who feel that they don't fit in, or people who feel they have trouble finding their place in this world.
Quote examples
Harold Ramis
American Actor
A psychologist said to me, there are only two important questions you have to ask yourself. What do you really feel? And, what do you really want? If you can answer those two, you probably can leave your neuroses behind you.
Quote examples
Abraham Maslow
American Psychologist
You can see neurosis from below - as a sickness - as most psychiatrists see it. Or you can understand it as a compassionate man might: respecting the neurosis as a fumbling and inefficient effort toward good ends.
Quote examples
Rick Hoffman
American Actor
As actors, for the most part, there's that neuroses most of us possess where, in a day of watching, this character get killed off of this show, and that character get killed off of that show - one never knows.
Quote examples
Patrick Stewart
English Actor
You get all of your neuroses worked out on stage. I haven't actually played very many nice characters, certainly not on stage. It's not a quality that attracts me.
Quote examples
Lake Bell
American Actress
Actually, in my own life I think I probably feign neuroses to be more interesting than I am.
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