neurosis
neurosis — 名詞
- neurosissingular
- neurosesplural
1. a long-term mental health problem where someone feels very worried or afraid in
精神官能症
長期焦慮恐懼的精神疾患
a long-term mental health problem where someone feels very worried or afraid in ways that are not realistic, and may repeat the same actions again and again because of this fear.
Eli developed a serious neurosis about germs after his time in the hospital.
Eli 住院之後，對細菌產生了嚴重的精神官能症。
collocation: a neurosis about [topic]
After years of bullying, Jiwoo's neurosis made every trip to the shops feel dangerous.
經過多年的霸凌，Jiwoo 的精神官能症讓他每次去逛街都覺得很危險。
The doctor explained that Iris was suffering from neurosis, not a more serious mental illness.
醫生解釋說，Iris 罹患的是精神官能症，並不是更嚴重的精神疾病。
Childhood neurosis often improves when a young person feels safe and supported at home.
兒童期的精神官能症在年輕人感到家中安全且受到支持時，通常會改善。
Aarav's therapist said that treating his neurosis would take many months of careful work.
Aarav 的治療師說，要治療他的精神官能症需要好幾個月的細心努力。
- anxiety disorder
current clinical term in modern psychiatry; more specific.
- phobia
narrower — a strong fear of one particular thing or situation.
- obsession
focuses on repeated thoughts; can be a feature of neurosis but is not the whole condition.
- mental health
general state of being well; not a direct opposite but the contrasting condition.
文法句型
a neurosis about [topic]
suffer from neurosis
用法筆記
Older clinical term, now less common than 'anxiety disorder' in modern medicine; still used in general English to describe an ongoing pattern of worry or fear that controls someone's behaviour.