psych

The pair, infatuated with Kraftwerk, Afro-futurism and acid-fried psych rock, retrofitted Detroit funk in the post-disco era with rigorous synthesizers and science-fiction themes on tracks like 1981’s “Alleys of Your Mind.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

I also saw this same dynamic when working on a hospital psych unit as a counselor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

"Every day I have a call from the welfare team from Channel 4 and I also have access to a psych as well and they're fantastic," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2024

Their psych ward meet-cute isn't as romantic as it sounds — I promise.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2024

That night as I rode the train home, I had to try to psych myself up for working with Sam again for another three months.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

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

You fooled the top psychs of the Board.

From Masters of Space by Robert Lee Berry

His father said that his son would have been "absolutely psyched" that the company's new laboratory was being named in his honour.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

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

I psyched myself up to argue and dialed the customer service number on the back of the bill.

From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2026

Yet he seems genuinely psyched to be talking — talking yet again — about the King, whom he reckons was in something of a bubble by the time he got to Vegas in 1969.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

I asked my reflection, because I’d read about a general who talked to himself in the mirror to get psyched for battle.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

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

It can be a challenge to find motivation while working without concrete deadlines, but Isaac and Karen share ideas for psyching yourself into a creative routine.

From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2023

“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

But in truth, he was psyching himself up for what he had planned for that evening, convincing himself it was the right thing to do.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner