neurosis
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I wouldn’t call it a neurosis, but it’s something that I care about.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025
I've just worked on developing better skills to keep myself from talking myself into a place of neurosis.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2025
A victory to flush out any neurosis and compound the belief in their plan.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2024
And if we cannot find a referent for the normal and the good, how can we possibly come back from our national neurosis?
From Slate • Aug. 18, 2024
He had lived for almost twenty years without trauma, tension, hate, or neurosis, which was proof to Yossarian of just how crazy he really was.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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