neurotic in the PONS Dictionary

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neurotic [or mental] disorder
нервно разстройство

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She is a shallow person, wilful, ruthless and passionate, and what in modern terms would be described as a neurotic.
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The worldly, neurotic mind is habitually accustomed to seek perpetuation of pleasant sensations and to avoid unpleasant ones.
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Related also is the phenomenon of neurotic typing, whereby everything must be classified into mutually exclusive and watertight categories.
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Most are not caught up in such extreme distortion or such severe neurotic restriction in their adaptive choices.
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They drew a clear distinction between the normal criminal, for whom retribution was appropriate, and the neurotic criminal who needed treatment instead.
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If not, the threat leads to defenses, neurotic and psychotic symptoms, and even criminal behavior.
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With these exceptions, no other neurotic cases were recorded in the family.
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If the neurotic does not experience these needs, he or she will experience anxiety.
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Without her to calm and order his life he was a neurotic wreck.
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The book asserted that those, both male and female, with relatively minor neurotic problems could, in effect, be their own psychiatrists.
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