Lots of people feel anxious from time to time. You might get a knot in your stomach before a job interview, stress about money, or fret if your child isn’t home by curfew. It’s a normal part of being ...

Although the term “neurotic” has more recently fallen out of favor, it was used by psychiatrists for most of the 20th Century to describe a broad category of conditions that were associated with poor ...

Neuroticism is a core personality trait characterized by emotional instability, irritability, anxiety, self-doubt, depression, and other negative feelings. Like other personality traits, neuroticism ...

It is important for both lay people and clinicians to be aware of neurotic loops, as they are at the heart of much psychological suffering and are the focus of much of the work in the clinic room. A ...

THE investigation of neuroses has made decided progress during the last few years. As recently as two decades ago the concept of neurosis was familiar only to a few specialists. Through the ...

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In my Jan. 8 column, I listed 10 signs of organizational neurosis. Readers from a number of organizations sent me examples of neurotic behavior in their workplaces. The sign most... July 28, 2019 at 3 ...