psychasthenia
noun
(no longer in technical use) a neurosis marked by fear, anxiety, phobias, etc.
psychasthenic
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a word derived from
psychasthenia.
Example Sentences
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For instance, I treated a woman who suffered from psychasthenic obsessions, fearing all the time that something would happen to her child.
From Psychotherapy by Hugo Münsterberg
If I diagnose or treat the fixed idea of a psychasthenic, the psychological factor itself represents the disturbance.
From Psychotherapy by Hugo Münsterberg
As a rule the properly so-called psychasthenic has only disorders of the reflection; he doubts but he does not rave.
From A Psychiatric Milestone Bloomingdale Hospital Centenary, 1821-1921 by New York Hospital. Society
A certain word perhaps picked up by the psychasthenic in a particular experience may produce whenever it is seen a shock and a depressing emotion.
From Psychotherapy by Hugo Münsterberg
A gentleman with a decidedly psychasthenic constitution developed a tendency to hesitate in walking on the street.
From Psychotherapy by Hugo Münsterberg
