Sentence examples for distressing thought from inspiring English sources

However, brooding in this way does not purge our feelings, it does the opposite -- it increases the urge to think about the distressing thought and deepens the distress we feel when we do.

It was such a distressing thought that we changed the subject almost immediately.

LAKELAND, Fla., March 20 - As the third home run of the third inning soared over the right-field scoreboard at Joker Marchant Stadium on Monday, a distressing thought gripped Mike Mussina: He had parked back there.

According to the most distressing thought, three different groups were formed and compared: autogenous obsession (n= 34), reactive obsession (n= 76), and worry (n= 142).

Hume seems to find this a distressing thought, but allows that we "must distinguish betwixt personal identity, as it regards our thought or imagination, and as it regards our passions or the concern we take in ourselves" (T I.4.6 253).

This comparison raises a distressing thought.

Repetitive distressing thoughts?

I couldn't harm myself physically to rid my mind of distressing thoughts.

Experienced psychotherapists know that even in well-conducted therapy, patients may sometimes react with distressing thoughts or suicidal ideation.

They are safe even though she has distressing thoughts - a result of all the grim things she has seen in the past.

They may have distressing thoughts about the trauma they have been exposed to; although they have not been through the original traumatic event themselves they are suffering nevertheless.