emotion Flashcards
apprehension caused by anticipation of danger, which may be internal or external
anxiety
severe, pervasive, generalised anxiety that is not attached to any particular idea, object or event
free-floating anxiety
psychophysiological changes in response to realistic threat or danger
fear
excessive excitability with easily triggered annoyance or anger
agitation
uneasiness or pressure toward action - seeks relief through action
tension
intense attack of anxiety associated with personality disorganization
panic
dulled emotional tone associated with detachment or indifference
apathy
existence of 2 opposing impulses toward the same thing in the same person at the same time
schizophrenia, borderline state and OCDs
ambivalence
repressed material, particularly a painful experience or conflict, is brought back to consciousness
abreaction
Failure to live up to self-expectations
shame
Emotional state associated with self reproach and need for punishment
guilt
resist an impulse, drive or temptation to perform an action
impulse control
Ecstatic state in which person insists that their experience is inexpressible and indescribable and that it is impossible to convey what it is like to one who never experienced it
ineffability
conscious or unconscious investment of psychic energy in an idea, concept, object or person
cathexis
lack of feeling associated with an ordinary emotionally charged subject
acathexis
