So flooding is not only very distressing, very traumatic, sometimes I'm afraid tragic - it's also expensive as well".
"For those people, a partner not wanting sex could feel very distressing because they may place more weight on sex as a marker of security," she adds.
If participants have experienced nausea, they then indicate how distressing it was on a 100 mm VAS (not at all distressing to very distressing).
Attacks of chest pain that are experienced by patients as not very severe and prolonged, but distressing enough for them to contact a general practitioner, present a more difficult problem in diagnosis and management [ 15].
Having your car stolen or vandalized is not only inconvenient, it can be very distressing and unfortunately car theft and break-ins are not unusual, especially in towns and cities.
"They were very protective, and I was totally unaware of how hard it was for them," says Kerr. "It's very strange but I'm finding out now what happened - things I didn't know that I find very distressing".
The spreading of the obesity epidemic, termed Globesity [ 6, 7], is pointing to a very distressing situation – obesity not only seems irreversible but its incidence continues to rise.
"This is a very distressing situation but it is not a situation, sadly, that was not anticipated.
Each item (e.g., "My child's behaviour causes conflict among family members") is rated on a 4-point scale ranging from 0 (Does not apply at all/Not distressing) to 3 (Very distressing).
"The fact that he's not able to conduct that, I know is very distressing".
