Personal Distress: Personal distress in the context of empathy research is understood as a reactive emotion in response to the perception/recognition of another's negative emotion or situation.
'Personal distress' (PD) measures self-oriented feelings of anxiety and discomfort in response to the distress of others.
Personal distress (PD) assesses 'self-oriented' feelings and the tendency to feel anxious when confronted with negative situations.
Personal distress and satisfaction with sexual intercourse were directly associated with the interpersonal relationship between the male and his partner.
Sharing the patient's emotions (sympathy) can lead to empathic overarousal or personal distress (an aversive self-focused emotional reaction to the apprehension of another person's emotional state) [ 22].
Still, her professional triumphs continued to be tempered by personal distress.
They have asked him to take a personal distress beacon and emergency flares, just in case.
We have seen evidence of financial loss and personal distress to many people.
Works of happiness, joyfulness, serenity, and even lightness have emerged from periods of great personal distress.
This prayer, our prayer, can always support and transform personal distress".
From the crucible of personal distress some exceptional talents can forge art: that is all.
