Definitions
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- noun An enhanced state of
sensory sensitivity accompanied by an exaggerated intensity of behaviors whose purpose is to detect threats.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Psychologically, it was called hypervigilance, a classic symptom of PTSD.
Heart of a Patriot Max Cleland 2009
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He examines how terrorism hypervigilance is threatening civil liberties, the economy, and lives.
Boing Boing 2007
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This constant outer preoccupation and hypervigilance is codependency making in that we are overly preoccupied with the moods of another person and under aware of our own moods.
Dr. Tian Dayton: Codependency Pt 2: An Incomplete Sense of Self 2009
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This constant outer preoccupation and hypervigilance is codependency making in that we are overly preoccupied with the moods of another person and under aware of our own moods.
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Finally a game that doesn’t give me motion sickness and where hypervigilance is an assett.
Cheeseburger Gothic » This way ladies, if you would care to follow me. 2010
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His hypervigilance is a sign that he is feeling anxious, and what he is anxious about is that the mother-child bond has little to do with him.
Why is it Always About You? Sandy Hotchkiss 2002
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His hypervigilance is a sign that he is feeling anxious, and what he is anxious about is that the mother-child bond has little to do with him.
Why is it Always About You? Sandy Hotchkiss 2002
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Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can cause "flashbacks" which revive terrifying memories, recurring nightmares, "hypervigilance" -- jumpiness and irritability, feelings of panic and fear, social isolation and depression.
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Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can cause "flashbacks" which revive terrifying memories, recurring nightmares, "hypervigilance" -- jumpiness and irritability, feelings of panic and fear, social isolation and depression.
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Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can cause "flashbacks" which revive terrifying memories, recurring nightmares, "hypervigilance" -- jumpiness and irritability, feelings of panic and fear, social isolation and depression.
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