Vocab on manias Flashcards
Dipsomaniac
An uncontrollable compulsion to drink
Pyromaniac
A strange and morbid passion for fire
Megalomaniac
Continually obsessed with delusions of grandeur
Monomaniac
Unbalanced in only one area; one delusion
Kleptomaniac
A compulsion to steal
Ceraunophobia
Morbid dread os thunder
Astraphobia
Morbid dread of lightening
Ophidiophobia
Morbid dread of snakes
Nyctophobia
Morbid dread of darkness
Pyrophobia
Morbid dread of fire
Aquaphobia
Morbid dread of water
Ailurophobia
Morbid dread of cats
Cynophobia
Morbid dread of dogs
Agoraphobia
Morbid dead of open spaces
Triskaidekaphobia
Morbid dread of the number thirteen
Claustrophobia
Morbid dread of closes spaces
Hypochondriac
Continually complains about imaginary ills
Amnesiac
Suffers from loss of memory
Somnambulist
Walks in his sleep
Insomniac
Habitually afflicted with wakefulness at times when he wishes to sleep
Manic-depression
Has alternating moods of black depression and wild, uncontrollable exaltation or excitability
Schizophrenic
A split or divided personality
Melancholic
Has fallen into a fixed condition of despondency
Paranoiac
Has delusions of persecution
Oedipus complex
Moma’s boy
Electra complex
Daddy’s girl