The phrase "a discussion of how difficult" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when introducing a topic that involves exploring the challenges or complexities of a particular subject.
Example: "In this paper, we will have a discussion of how difficult it can be to balance work and personal life."
Alternatives: "an examination of the challenges" or "a conversation about the difficulties".
[C8.] The Fine Lines of Advertising The 83rd annual management conference of the American Association of Advertising Agencies closed with spirited discussions of how difficult it can be to walk various fine lines: between being valued by clients and being deemed dispensable, between tastefulness and indecency, between creativity and self-indulgence and between profit and loss.
THE 83rd annual management conference of the American Association of Advertising Agencies, which ended here on Saturday, closed with spirited discussions of how difficult it can be to walk various fine lines: between being valued by clients and being deemed dispensable, between tastefulness and indecency, between creativity and self-indulgence and between profit and loss.
The mass of official verbiage, packed with caveats, is an indication of how difficult the discussion has proven to be (wonks will find it in pages 17-20 of the official conclusions).For better or worse, the countries that have enacted the greatest reforms are those that have been forced to seek bailouts.
So we go into these discussions with a clear sense of what we want to see accomplished, but a realistic understanding of how difficult it still is".
But that prompted a discussion about how difficult it will be to work with people who have been "so dismissive, arrogant and downright nasty".
How the possible discussion of real issues dissolved into a charade with a low-risk choreography as ancient as the minuet is suggestive of how difficult (and debilitating) the subject is for Europe's leaders.
We have added an extended discussion of how the model is related to other models in the Discussion section.
Mr. Lawson hesitated only a moment before starting a discussion of the international arms trade and how difficult it was to disarm a society armed to the teeth.
