neurotic:
(plural: ‘neurotics‘; for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
a neurotic, highly nervous about something
a person suffering from nervous disorders (neurosis);
a person who easily gets over-excited or becomes emotional, anxious or upset,
a typical neurotic, getting upset about something
e.g.
A neurotic must see a neurologist or, those neurotics in very serious condition, a psychiatrist.
Experts are in the opinion that the stress of modern life is breeding many neurotics who get excited or upset about very simple or normal things.
The neurotics who take to violence are sent to psychiatrists who can deal better with patients of this kind of extreme behaviour.
Note: ‘Neurotic’ is more commonly used as an adjective, e.g. ‘neurotic personality’, ‘neurotic people’, and ‘neurotic about punctuality’, i.e. about a person who becomes upset about being late for some appointment or becomes emotional when people are not punctual to their duties.
For an article that talks about what it is to be a neurotic, please click here, for an article about the feelings of neurotics, please click here and for a news article about neurotics and contagious itch, please click here. (For an interesting article that explains the difference between neurotic and psychotic diseases, please click here.)
