psych
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I also saw this same dynamic when working on a hospital psych unit as a counselor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
“The Housemaid” initially appears to have those trappings, slowly revealing that Nina is on a steady cocktail of antipsychotics after a trip to the psych ward.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026
"I'll psych her out a little bit - she won't admit it but I can see her coming apart at the seams already..."
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
After unburdening herself from the bipolar diagnosis she had received as a child, she got off psych meds.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2024
I flushed the toilet: It was a steel commode/basin combination, just like the ones in the psych unit.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
This is a woman who psychs herself up in the mirror and raps to herself, in order to ...
From Slate ● Aug. 30, 2017
“He’s like Muhammad Ali, he psychs out all the other horses,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2017
Before trials, he psychs himself up by yelling “Showtime!,” in a nod to “All That Jazz.”
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 6, 2015
You can also designate a "Fit Song," so at the touch of a button you hear the tune that always psychs you up to go all out.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2012
You fooled the top psychs of the Board.
From Masters of Space by Robert Lee Berry
Only those stubbornly ignorant to the human cost of actual combat would be psyched to bring on more of it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
His father said that his son would have been "absolutely psyched" that the company's new laboratory was being named in his honour.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Netflix is so psyched about generative software that it’s spent the year acquiring an A.I. production studio, launching a different studio for A.I.-animated shorts, and re-creating Gene Wilder’s voice for a Willy Wonka–themed game show.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
Twenty-five years after their first album, both brothers are comfortable — psyched, even — to find their band in such an unlikely mix.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2025
Leo psyched himself up for an extreme makeover.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
Of course, there are limits to taking a Panglossian attitude and psyching ourselves up in the face of challenges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
“When I look at a combination of attributes of a player, I think Micah has no problem psyching himself up to a rage,” Jones said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
“He’s not thinking. We came in together and you can be worried about your future a little bit, what’s going to happen. You start psyching yourself out. I think he’s just playing free.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2021
The "chess" of Antigua and Barbuda is a mind sport, psyching out one's opponent is as critical as choosing one's next move.
From BBC ● May 3, 2021
“Nope. I’ve been preparing for this grudge match for a whole year. He’s good at psyching me. But not this time,” Ben said.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
