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Melancholia or melancholy (from Greek: µέλαινα χολή melaina chole, [1] meaning black bile) [2] is a concept found throughout ancient, medieval, and premodern medicine in Europe that describes a condition characterized by markedly depressed mood, bodily complaints, and sometimes hallucinations and delusions.
Post-coital tristesse (PCT) is a feeling of melancholy and anxiety after sexual intercourse that lasts anywhere from five minutes to two hours. PCT, which affects both men and women, occurs only after sexual intercourse and does not require an orgasm to occur, and in that its effects are primarily emotional rather than physiological.
Melancholy may refer to: Melancholia , one of the four temperaments in pre-modern medicine and proto-psychology, representing a state of low mood Depression (mood) , a state of low mood, also known as melancholy
Describing a feeling is often tough, but “impending doom is an overwhelming sensation that something terrible or life-threatening is about to happen to you or others,” says Sanam Hafeez, PsyD ...
Depression; Lithograph of a person diagnosed with melancholia and strong suicidal tendency in 1892: Specialty: Psychiatry, psychology: Symptoms: Low mood, aversion to activity, loss of interest, loss of feeling pleasure
“Loneliness can play into sadness and even depression, because you start to think, ‘Why am I feeling so lonely? Is it because I'm not worthy of people caring about me?’ So you begin to ...
Lovesickness refers to an affliction that can produce negative feelings when deeply in love, during the absence of a loved one or when love is unrequited.. The term "lovesickness" is rarely used in modern medicine and psychology, though new research is emerging on the impact of heartbreak on the body and mind.
Multitasking leaves us feeling more stressed. Studies also indicate that multitasking can leave people feeling higher levels of anxiety, depression and chronic stress. “A common dynamic I see is ...