Mood Flashcards
Dysphoric mood
Unpleasant mood
Eutymic mood
Normal mood, implying the absence of depressed or elevated mood
Expansive mood
Expression of one’s feelings without restraint, frequently with an overestimation of own importance
Irritable mood
Easily annoyed or provoked
Mood swings
Oscillations between dysphoric and euphoria
Elevated mood
Air of confidence and enjoyment
Ecstasy
The feeling of intense rapture
Anhedonia
Lack of interest or withdrawal of normally pleasant activities
Alexithymia
Inability to describe or being aware of own emotions
Anxiety
Feeling of apprehension caused by anticipation of danger, which may be internal or external
Free-floating anxiety
Pervasive, unfocused fear not attached to any idea
Agitation
Severe anxiety accosiated with motor restlessness
Panic
Acute, episodic, intense attack of anxiety accociated with overwhelming feelings of dread and autonomic discharge
Apathy
Dulled emotional tone assiciated with detachement or indifference
Abreaction
Emotional release or discharge after recalling a painful experience
