psych
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I also saw this same dynamic when working on a hospital psych unit as a counselor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
An accident with a cup of coffee in February 2025 morning had him feeling like he should check into a psych facility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
"I'll psych her out a little bit - she won't admit it but I can see her coming apart at the seams already..."
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
Their psych ward meet-cute isn't as romantic as it sounds — I promise.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2024
In the psych ward, you didn’t have to worry about gangs or weapons.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
This is a woman who psychs herself up in the mirror and raps to herself, in order to ...
From Slate ● Aug. 30, 2017
“He’s like Muhammad Ali, he psychs out all the other horses,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2017
Before trials, he psychs himself up by yelling “Showtime!,” in a nod to “All That Jazz.”
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 6, 2015
You can also designate a "Fit Song," so at the touch of a button you hear the tune that always psychs you up to go all out.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2012
If the psychs were right, he's fixated on you, now.
From Youngling A Terran Empire story by Ann Wilson
Netflix is so psyched about generative software that it’s spent the year acquiring an A.I. production studio, launching a different studio for A.I.-animated shorts, and re-creating Gene Wilder’s voice for a Willy Wonka–themed game show.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
To me, Jann is a guy that got a lot of people psyched to link arms and write about music at a time when nobody had a place to really do it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
The SNL actor said his hosts were "psyched" he wore a kilt and he "had the best dinner ever".
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025
In fact, it’s virtually impossible to tell whether he’s more psyched about “Slow Horses” or being knighted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025
I was psyched, I'm talking totally gassed about this.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
Of course, there are limits to taking a Panglossian attitude and psyching ourselves up in the face of challenges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
“When I look at a combination of attributes of a player, I think Micah has no problem psyching himself up to a rage,” Jones said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
“He’s not thinking. We came in together and you can be worried about your future a little bit, what’s going to happen. You start psyching yourself out. I think he’s just playing free.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2021
The "chess" of Antigua and Barbuda is a mind sport, psyching out one's opponent is as critical as choosing one's next move.
From BBC ● May 3, 2021
While she was psyching herself up to immobilize her ankle, she noticed some faded words on one of the wooden crates: hermes express.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
