PSYCH

Kristy Nigbur Hour 3 **Root:** __Psych__- “Soul, Mind” **__Psyche__-** The mind, especially as the center of a person’s being.  This particular picture shows the mind as being the focus of a person’s being in that it is valuable to hold the key to. It helps to show the power associated with the mind in terms of how a person acts, feels, and thinks. **__Psychosomatic__-** Having an effect on the body, but mental or emotional in origin. When the girl developed an eating disorder because of the way she pictured herself in her head, it had a very negative effect on her body. **__Psychotic__-** Having severe mental illness to the point of disconnection from reality.

The woman’s mental illness was to such an extent that functioning in or even understanding the reality of everyday life was nearly impossible.