Across
- 3. a change in one's normal mental state as a result of trauma or accident or induced through meditation, drugs, some foods
- 5. the action or practice of meditating.
- 7. the processes that allow an individual to select and focus on particular input
- 9. an alternative medicine approach that teaches people to change the way their bodies function.
- 10. (chiefly of a drug) reducing functional or nervous activity.
- 13. all the processes people are not consciously aware of.
- 16. the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing, or activity.
- 18. trance-like mental state
- 20. an idiosyncratic belief or impression that is firmly maintained despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality or rational argument, typically a symptom of mental disorder.
- 21. a chronic sleep disorder characterized by overwhelming daytime drowsiness and sudden attacks of sleep.
- 23. the state of being intoxicated, especially by alcohol.
- 24. common sleep disorder that can make it hard to fall asleep
- 25. a substance that raises levels of physiological or nervous activity in the body.
Down
- 1. physical, mental, and behavioral changes that follow a 24-hour cycle.
- 2. a suggestion made to a person during hypnosis that he or she acts out after the hypnotic trance.
- 4. episodes of screaming, intense fear and flailing while still asleep.
- 6. the process of letting the body remove the drugs in it
- 8. of or associated with a part of the mind below the level of immediate conscious awareness, from which memories and emotions that have not been repressed can be recalled.
- 11. A substance used to treat moderate to severe pain. Narcotics are like opiates such as morphine and codeine, but are not made from opium.
- 12. an experience involving the apparent perception of something not present.
- 14. Awareness
- 15. a drug that causes hallucinations, such as LSD.
- 17. the part of the mind which is inaccessible to the conscious mind but which affects behavior and emotions.
- 19. occurs in cycles every 60-90 minutes throughout your sleep period.
- 22. a potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts.
