decompensating
Losing physiological stability
Decompensating describes a system or person failing to maintain compensatory adjustments.
In medicine, an organ that has been compensating for disease or damage begins to fail: The patient's heart is decompensating.
In psychology, someone whose coping mechanisms are breaking down under stress is decompensating: She started decompensating after the divorce—couldn't work, couldn't sleep.
The term implies a threshold has been crossed from managed dysfunction to active deterioration.
Failure or decomposition
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
- unravelingProcess of coming undone
- destabilizingCausing loss of equilibrium
regressing · fragmenting · dissociating · spiraling · collapsing · triggered · dysregulated · flooded
Flaw in one's nature
- deterioratingBecoming progressively worse
- decliningDecreasing in strength
- crashingColliding with force
- unstableProne to sudden change
acute · cardiac · respiratory · hepatic · renal · cirrhotic · shock · insufficiency
Flaw in one's nature
- collapsingFalling inward suddenly
- breaking downStopping working properly
- degradingLowering in worth
- destabilizingCausing loss of equilibrium
cascading · unraveling · dysfunction · overwhelmed · crumbling · deteriorating · weakening · declining
breakdown
Failure or decomposition
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
- unravelingProcess of coming undone
destabilizing · regressing · fragmenting · dissociating · spiraling · collapsing · triggered · dysregulated · flooded · panicking
failing
Flaw in one's nature
- deterioratingBecoming progressively worse
- decliningDecreasing in strength
- crashingColliding with force
unstable · acute · cardiac · respiratory · hepatic · renal · cirrhotic · shock · insufficiency · dysfunction
failing
Flaw in one's nature
- collapsingFalling inward suddenly
- breaking downStopping working properly
- degradingLowering in worth
destabilizing · cascading · unraveling · dysfunction · overwhelmed · crumbling · deteriorating · weakening · declining · eroding
decompensatingstabilizing
Making firm or constant
compensating · recovering · improving · rallying · stable
decompensatingstabilizing
Making firm or constant
compensating · coping · maintaining · holding together · recovering