Distressing

events in life that can be unpleasant to a person, and, when faced with similar situations, emotional consequences could come into place creating distress or anxiety within the individual. These situations are often known as “triggers”. Young adults are typically the most affected by this as they are in the process of changing and discovering new things in life. Colleges have taken this into account, and, in an attempt to protect students from distress, some are advocating for “trigger warnings.” Such warnings would require that students be informed when material that can be offensive or distressing will be presented. In addition, some are also calling for the creation of “safe spaces” which would offer students an escape from discomfort. Although trigger warnings can be beneficial for students, since they’ll have the opportunity to decide if they are ready to see material that could be distressing, safe spaces…

Giving distressing news is a common occurrence in medical settings. Patients and families are often faced with worrying medical diagnoses and treatment possibilities, and it is typically the health care provider’s duty to provide individuals with this information. An example of distressing news would be a prenatal or postnatal diagnosis of Down syndrome to new or expecting parents. While physicians often feel adequately equipped to make this diagnosis and provide management options, they…

Conclusion Distressing news in a medical setting can affect both the patients and the physicians. How a physician discloses this news depends on their training, their personality, and the particular circumstances. It has been found that communication that is patient-centered is more appreciated by patients, and results in higher satisfaction levels. There also exist several recommendations for breaking bad news in a medical setting, from doing so in a private room to using language that does…

Anxiety Disorders remain a major factor in diagnoses of individuals in the mental health field today. Anxiety can serve as the main diagnosis, but is often seen as a comorbidity to other disorders as well. The movie “As Good as it Gets” along with the article “Perceived Functions of Worry Among Generalized Anxiety Disorder Subjects: Distraction from More Emotionally Distressing Topics?” introduce implications to the understanding of anxiety disorders. The article brings up one rather important…

Traditionally, people define fear as a distressing emotion caused by a threat, but the real definition of fear is a hindrance of the mind that causes weakness. I started with the dictionary definition which stated that it was a distressing emotion and the synonym of fear that I found in the thesaurus: faint hearted. I concluded that fear was a distressing emotion caused by a perceived threat, and it was considered cowardly. From reading Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, I added that fear and…

avoidance (Juarascio, Shaw, Forman, Timko, Herbert, Butryn, & Lowe, 2013). Eating disordered behaviors are seen as coping mechanisms that have established to act as the function that helps clients avoid distressing thoughts, feelings, and sensations. Experiential avoidance occurs both around body and food-specific internal experiences, as well as around broader distressing thoughts and feelings. This client probably had many negative thoughts and feelings about herself before she participated in…

The emotional disclosure paradigm revers to the therapeutic approach of using writing or talking of people to express their strong emotional experiences related to important events that occurred or expects to occur in different periods of time. Several academic studies stated that the emotional disclosure has many benefits of reducing the participants؛ stress and fair when they agreed to express their remarkable stories and concerns to trusted people. Many of us understand the feeling that…

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) consists of a synthesis of elaborate thoughts and actions that cause distress on an individual (Abramowitz & Jacoby, 2014). OCD, per the DSM-5, consists of obsessions and compulsions that take up over one hour per day or significantly distressing to the individual. (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). OCD has the capacity to impact 1- 3% of the total population (Boeding et al.; National Institute of Mental Health, n.d.). What constitutes an obsession…

Maya Angelou's "Africa" recounts Africa being ravaged and pillaged by Europeans who took children of Africa and made them into slaves. Rhythm, diction, and personification intensify the imagery and tone of Angelou’s poem. The countries of Africa are personified to create striking images, and the rhythmical patterns aid to the changing tone, ranging from very emotional to unpleasing and contemplative. In the first stanza, Maya Angelou personifies Africa to create powerful imagery and give readers…

system shapes their thoughts and behavior when distressed. The researchers hypothesized that individuals with avoidant attachment orientations would recall being less supportive and more emotionally distant than they were, when asked how they acted in a previous conflicting event. Furthermore, they hypothesized that individuals with anxiety attachment would recall being more supportive and less emotionally distant when asked about a past incident. Namely, individuals would have altered memories…