Terminology

Codependency

‘’Codependency is a type of dysfunctional helping relationship where one person supports or enables another person’s drug addiction, alcoholism, gambling addiction, poor mental health, immaturity, irresponsibility, or under-achievement.’’ https://en.wikipedia.org ‘’Excessive emotional or psychological reliance on a partner, typically one who requires support on account of an illness or addiction’’.https://en.oxforddictionaries.com . ‘’Mutually dependent.’’ .’’ Of or …

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Coping skill

‘’Any characteristic or behavioral pattern that enhances a person’s adaptation. Coping skills include a stable value or religiousbelief system, problem solving, social skills, health-energy, and commitment to a social network..’’ http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com ‘’Coping The process of dealing with internal or external demands that are perceived to be threatening or overwhelming.’’ http://www.apa.org ‘’In psychology, coping means to …

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Mood Swings

Mood swings or rapid changes in one’s emotional state, may occur as a reaction to circumstances or environment, as a result of a physical or mental health condition, or for no apparent reason. http://www.goodtherapy.org A mood swing is an extreme or rapid change in mood. Such mood swings can play a positive part in promoting …

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Moods

Moods are emotions and emotions are feeling states affecting mind and body, thought and behavior, and yet distinct from those things. http://www.centersite.net In psychology, a mood is an emotional state. In contrast to emotions, feelings, or affects, moods are less specific, less intense and less likely to be provoked or instantiated by a particular stimulus …

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What is Bipolar disorder

‘’Bipolar disorder, previously known as manic depression, is a mental disorder that causes periods of depression and periods of elevated mood.’’ https://en.wikipedia.org ‘’A mental condition marked by alternating periods of elation and depression’’. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com ‘’A mood disorder characterized by manic or hypomanic episodes typically alternating with depressive episodes. Also called manic-depressive disorder’’. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Bipolar+ disorder From …

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What is Divorce

‘’Divorce, also known as dissolution of marriage, is the termination of a marriage or marital union, the canceling or reorganizing of the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage, thus dissolving the bonds of matrimony between a married couple under the rule of law of the particular country or state.’’ https://en.wikipedia.org ‘’The legal dissolution of a …

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What is Domestic violence

Domestic violence (also named domestic abuse, battering, or family violence) is a pattern of behavior which involves violence or other abuse by one person against another in a domestic setting, such as in marriage or cohabitation.’’ . https://en.wikipedia.org ‘’Violent or aggressive behavior within the home, typically involving the violent abuse of a spouse or partner.’‘ …

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What is Emotional Disturbance

‘’Emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD; sometimes called emotional disturbance or serious emotional disturbance) refer to a disability classification used in educational settings that allows educational institutions to provide special education and related services to students that have poor social or academic adjustment that cannot be better explained by biological abnormalities or a developmental disability.’’. https://en.wikipedia.org …

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What is Depression

‘’Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person’s thoughts, behavior, feelings, and sense of well-being.’’ https://en.wikipedia.org ‘’Feelings of severe despondency and dejection.‘self-doubt creeps in and that swiftly turns to depression.’’ ‘’ A mental condition characterized by feelings of severe despondency and dejection, typically also with feelings of …

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What is Relationship

‘’Interpersonal relationship, a strong, deep, or close association or acquaintance between two or more people’’ ‘’Correlation and dependence’’ https://en.wikipedia.org ‘’The way in which two or more people or things are connected, or the state of being connected’’. Source :https://en.oxforddictionaries.com 1. ‘’The condition or fact of being related; connection or association’’. 2. ‘’Connection by blood or …

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