nympholepsy - a frenzy of emotion; as for something unattainable

manic disorder, mania - a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently

epidemic hysertia, mass hysteria - a condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation

fear, fearfulness, fright - an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

mimesis - any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease

neurosis, neuroticism, psychoneurosis - a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction

anxiety hysteria - a form of hysteria having features of both conversion disorder and anxiety neurosis

hysterocatalepsy - hysteria with cataleptic symptoms