A word from the times of
Sigmund Freud, It no longer used in modern Behavioral Science. So if you look this up in a
real dictionary it will say "see
Neurosis" which will then say "see Anxiety disorder"
---Neurotic, is a label to describe someone suffering from Neurosis, Neurosis is the term used for the "distress" caused by mental illness.
---I have found two sentence that give good understanding to the word.
1. Neurotic: poor ability to adapt to one's environment, an inability to change one's life patterns, and the inability to develop a richer, more complex, more satisfying personality
2. Neurotic: , On a scale of 1-10; Where 10 is the healthy optimistic well adjusted person with good
coping skills to stress and change, that came from a well adjusted family, with no hang up or inhibitions that determent the quality of his life. So a score of 1, would be Neurotic.
3. Neurotic: A negative personality trait that make one prone to anxiety depression, that appears genetic
***4. Neurotic: A inharmonious balance between the ego, id, and
super ego, Which affect the thoughts and behaviors produced from the ego. (
Sigmund's definition)
5. Neurotic: Thoughts and behaviors deviant from social norms, and usually maladaptive.
---Not to be confused with Psychotic, which means to be out of touch with reality, Neurotic means to suck at dealing with reality.
Example:
"Know what your problem is,
Shapiro? It's that you just have this really shitty way of looking at things, ya know? I don't have that problem. I just look at the dopeness. But you, it's like you just look at
the wackness, ya know?"
~
The Wackness (2008)
"James neurotically bite his nails, till they turned blood red but his problems didn't go away"