Individuals with PTSD symptoms might suffer intrusive and distressing memories of past experiences triggered by the current stress event, during which time the individual confused the past stress with present circumstances [ 65].
Humphris and King [ 21] compared the prevalence of high dental anxiety across past distressing experiences and found a prevalence of high dental anxiety amounting to 11.2% and past distressing experiences being a significant correlate among UK university students.
Somatising tendency was assessed using questions from the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) [ 4], and was classified according to the number of symptoms from a total of five (faintness/dizziness, pain in the heart/chest, nausea/upset stomach, trouble getting breath and hot/cold spells) that had been at least moderately distressing during the past seven days.
Doing so transformed the most distressing images of the past few months into a balm of redemption.
We can no longer box up aspects of our home life when we go to work or tuck away distressing episodes from our past.
To address this question, 50 clients with a history of multiple episodes of psychosis were interviewed to identify distressing experiences related to past episodes, with PTSD assessed (including A1/A2 criteria) related to those events, and other psychiatric symptoms, psychosocial functioning, and coping style.
There is uncertainty as to the magnitude and persistence of retrograde amnesia following ECT [ 12], though a systematic review suggested that 29 55 % of patients reported persistent and often distressing loss of important past memories after ECT [ 13].
However, a role for imagery has more recently become of concern, with up to 90% of depressed patients reporting distressing intrusive memories of past experiences (Birrer, Michael, & Munsch, 2007), see also Reynolds and Brewin (1998).
This is a franchise that has caused its fans serious heartache, with the past season especially distressing (and the next one loaded with uncertainty).
