2 great mental or physical suffering, such as extreme anxiety, sadness, or pain, or the state of being in danger or urgent need: --
3 the legal action of taking and selling another person’s property in order to get money for a payment or debt that they owe: --
4 financial failure, for example, not having enough money to pay back a debt or the costs of operating a business: --
Participants (patients and controls) were not distressed when listening to the distorted or alien feedback, but usually described it as an unusual experience.
Even so, over one third of patients were depressed and one out of four carers was distressed.
I knew how to respond to the statements distressed patients frequently say when confronted with difficult circumstances.
The presence of auditory hallucinations in non-help-seeking community samples emphasizes that the experience of voices per se may not or may not be distressing.
Fears about travel were not only distressing but were also the main factor limiting the children's social activities and relationships with friends.
The considerable costs of her earlier treatment had been futile, distressing, and wasteful.
Because such potentially distressing events are predictable, but unavoidable, they are an ideal focus for an investigation of coping behaviours.
The general practitioner is a first port of call for people with all manner of distressing circumstances.
