Glossary of terms:
Adaptive – to adapt, be flexible, agile in your thinking, your method
Adverse – preventing success or development, difficult, negative issues
Chronic – persisting for a long time or constantly recurring, health or mental issues, negative Cognitive reframing – thinking another way, out-of-the-box thinking, or a different approach, method
Comfort food – food that provides consolation or a feeling of well-being, typically any with a high sugar or other carbohydrate content, not nutritious, probably unhealthy but tastes good! Consequences – what will happen, probably will happen, the outcome(s), usually negative Contemplate – to think about, to reflect upon deeply, usually of happenings, actions, in the past Coping Mechanisms – ways of making the situation, your feeling better
Delusions – strongly believing something that may not be true or logical, a mistaken belief Deter – prevent, stop, get in the way, persuade not to act
Dopamine – a brain chemical associated with rewards and motivation
Endorphins – a brain chemical that relieve pain naturally. When they attach to your brain’s reward centres dopamine is then released
Essence – the main, major, the most important nature or indispensable quality of something Exacerbate – to make worse, usually negative,
Fester – to become worse, a wound becomes septic
Hallucinations – seeing things, people, that are not really there, just a cognitive, mental reflection Harness – to control, to use a tool, or a skill to help you, the head straps on a horse Inclinations – prefer to, natural way of thinking or working, following instinct
Indicative – showing you, directing, signposting, a probable outcome
Inevitable – going to happen
Interventions – practical solutions to stop or mitigate (relieve) the issue or problem
Intrinsic – internalised, in yourself, a natural ability, or characteristic,
Journaling – writing down your thoughts, feelings, accomplishments, and actions, learnings at that time
Leverage – to make the most of, to use to help, apply a force to a lever to lift something heavy Maladaptive – not able to adjust properly to the changing situation, eg, just becoming more anxious, maybe drinking more alcohol
Manifest – obvious, clear, recognisable, plain to see the solution, to make happen Mitigate – anticipate, plan, prevent, stop
Neurotransmitters – chemical substances released by a nerve fibre, to move a muscle Numb – can’t feel it, no pain, no emotion
Persistent – doesn’t give up, tries hard, applies effort
Plethora – a lot, a surplus, a wide variety
Prowess – can do well, good at, positive
Psychological – the emotional state of a person, of the mind, eg, damaged by trauma Psychotic – sociopathic, severe mental illness, crazy, deranged
Resonates – makes sense, logical to you, also a sound can resonate, like a police siren Schizophrenia – serious mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally, hallucinations, delusions
Serotonin – a brain chemical associated with happiness, focus and calmness.
Solace – comfort or consolation to make you feel better, to give you some relief, or remove some of the pain of emotion
Substantial – serious, heavy, a major problem, issue
Suicide – the act of killing yourself, taking your own life.
Sustainable – will last, can continue
Therapy – professional help with problems from the past, previous issues that still hurts, from a qualified practitioner
Thrive – to grow, to become healthy, better, bigger, stronger
Unpredicted – don’t know the future, what’s going to, or might happen