Word: distress
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...reduce emotional and physical pain as well as increase feelings of internal strength, fearlessness and confidence. The study also finds that there is an equally true flip side to this coin: When people are reminded of their recent spending, they report higher levels of both psychological and physical distress...
Madoff, Bernard • distress of at unkempt coiffure...
Breaking the Silence claims in its report to have been contacted by soldiers, most of whom "are still serving in their regular military units and turned to us in deep distress at the moral deterioration of the IDF." The group admits that there are gaps in the accounts it published but says the testimonies nonetheless question the credibility of the IDF official account. The group suggests that the killing of civilians was not simply a product of individual mistakes or "delinquent" soldiers but that they resulted from a "systemic problem...
...office, TMZ reported that the police are focusing on Dr. Conrad Murray, the cardiologist Jackson had hired to help him prepare for his comeback tour. The website said it was told there was evidence Murray may have administered Diprivan to Jackson. It was Murray who found Jackson in cardiac distress and administered CPR before calling 911 for assistance on June 25, the day the entertainer died. When contacted by TIME, Miranda Sevcik, spokeswoman for the law firm representing Murray, said that they would not be commenting on the numerous rumors, innuendo or unnamed sources at the request of LAPD investigators...
...trichotillomania expert at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine and the lead author of the new paper, Hippocrates himself said that in order to test whether patients were faking their illness, doctors must ask whether they are pulling out their hair. The behavior is so commonly associated with distress that the stock phrase to describe a stressful situation is that it causes you to tear your hair...