"personal trials" is a correct phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to difficult experiences or tribulations experienced by an individual. For example, "My personal trials have made me a stronger person."
She survived several personal trials that colored her memoirs.
As first lady, she rebounded from professional setbacks and personal trials with astounding resilience.
During the course of his career, Mr. Carlin overcame numerous personal trials.
The cardinal's presumed final months running the New York Archdiocese have been marked by personal trials.
The students have described their personal trials, tribulations and emotional turmoil in my writing class.
To Attanasio, Braun seems unaffected by it, focused on the team and not his personal trials.
Unfortunately, my personal trial proves otherwise.
I hate to return to the subject, but I have just been subjected to a personal trial by snail mail.
But most Germans look to their new president for something else, a reassurance, a solidity that comes from personal trial and experience.
These unwanted and perhaps unplanned pregnancies can be both a personal trial and a serious health threat: The country has one of the highest rates of maternal death in childbirth in the world, partly because women often have many closely spaced births.
"I've never inspected this thing in my life!" Harmonizing the traditions of Jewish practice with the minutiae of Army regulations and the tectonics of United States diplomacy required patience, humility and chutzpah — a personal trial, since I specialize in only one of those three.
