neurotic behavior is quite predictable. Healthy behavior is unpredictable. From LearnThat.org. [Carl Rogers]
neurotic disorder. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Which brings us to the fact that being neurotic is expensive. From Wordnik.com. [Cheap Thrills] Reference
I slowly then realised how being neurotic is also very self-orientated. From Wordnik.com. [snap] Reference
The word neurotic is a general term covering affection of the nervous system. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use] Reference
But can't they all smell it now in neurotic, anxious, long-suffering Philadelphia?. From Wordnik.com. [Tampa Bay down to its last ray of hope] Reference
A neurotic is a person who is sure that two plus two equals four but worries about it. From Wordnik.com. [Britain Goes Over the Top] Reference
No analysis can go on in this light: here the neurotic is either instantly healed or goes mad. From Wordnik.com. [Vitro Nasu » 2006 » June] Reference
As a teen--a "neurotic"--caught up in the drama of the Vietnam War, I ran pretty far to the left in my views. From Wordnik.com. [Why Are the Neurotic Anti-Market?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Just for the record, I am not called a neurotic person. From Wordnik.com. [Swati Desai, Ph.D., LCSW: Confessions Of A Confused Mom] Reference
(He might not even be neurotic, which is kind of a scary thought in itself.). From Wordnik.com. [Michael Sigman: Psychotic Reaction] Reference
And being neurotic, which is the way I was from 1977 to 1988, I thought it would be funny. From Wordnik.com. [Torontoist] Reference
They had never heard of the new psychiatry, and the neurotic was a strange creature to them. From Wordnik.com. [A Dominie in Doubt] Reference
Originally defined as a neurotic condition peculiar to women and thought to be caused by a dysfunction of the uterus. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference
I don't -- I think this is kind of neurotic and shows -- but I was into history. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions of a White House Ghostwriter: Five Presidents and other Political Adventures] Reference
She was told to stop being 'neurotic' and that children pick up all manor of bugs. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
Admittedly, his response makes no sense – just which of the terms I had used was "neurotic"?. From Wordnik.com. [r_urell: William F. Buckley: Father of Modern "Conservatism"] Reference
"He was here," he said, stalking through the apartment with a kind of neurotic yet negligent grace. From Wordnik.com. [Break the Night]
Democratic Party leader Tony Leon (DP) called on the ANC to be less "neurotic" about criticism and to "get with it and be less sensitive". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
His calls mine 'neurotic'; mine calls his 'stupid.'. From Wordnik.com. [Main Street] Reference
"A neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the air. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Atheism] Reference
That summer a (kind of neurotic) worker bee was born. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
By "neurotic" of course they mean ... well, who knows?. From Wordnik.com. [The Splintered Mind] Reference
Haven't you ever heard someone refereed to as 'neurotic'?. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
In fact there is a kind of neurotic obsession about academic success. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Yes, your music does kind of fit into that New York 'neurotic' aesthetic!. From Wordnik.com. [Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
It ended, a quarter of an hour later, in his calling her a "neurotic" before he turned away and pretended to sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Main Street] Reference
The term "neurotic" is used to describe people who are extremely capable of functioning, despite emotional suffering. From Wordnik.com. Reference
He mentions inherited defective eyesight and hearing also, and the "neurotic" quality, with which I have dealt in my text. From Wordnik.com. [Mankind in the Making] Reference
But don't feel bad about the term "neurotic," he said, noting that the entire Big Apple is a hotbed of anxious, creative types. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com -] Reference
Presumably it's not as fun to be a waking "neurotic" as a waking non-neurotic, but it sounds like in sleep the situation is reversed!. From Wordnik.com. [The Splintered Mind] Reference
"neurotic" for possessing a symptom for which the doctors did not yet have a disease. From Wordnik.com. [Ms. Magazine Online] Reference
2001-07-03 @ 11: 54 p.m. I just got called neurotic and arrogant, in complete seriousness!. From Wordnik.com. [madrigle Diary Entry] Reference
( 'neurotic' is being too kind) feelings that someone is out to get them, particularly the government. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
Eventually, I realized I'd become a big, neurotic mother bird. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Birds In Winter] Reference
Levine comes across as an oaf, Boesky a loon, Siegel a neurotic. From Wordnik.com. [Wall Street: A Greed Apart] Reference
Those with two short copies are more likely to be neurotic, anxious and risk-averse. From Wordnik.com. [INSIDE THE HEAD OF AN APPLICANT] Reference
You see Nelson's loose-cannon genius -- and you sense that Cleasby's either neurotic or nuts. From Wordnik.com. [Loose Cannon] Reference
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