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Treating objects to look older and used
Distressing (or weathered look) in the decorative arts is the activity of making a piece of furniture or object appear aged and older, giving it a "weathered
Distressing
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up distress, distressed, or distressing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Distress may refer to: Distress (medicine), an aversive state in which
Distress
American sailor (1797–1869)
land in small boats. The book, Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex, was published in 1821 and would inspire
Owen_Chase
Emotional response caused by severe distressing events
damage, or psychotrauma) is an emotional response caused by severe, distressing events, such as bodily injury, sexual violence, or other threats to the
Psychological_trauma
Mythological demoness who seduces men
incubus. Historically, folkloric belief in succubi was motivated by distressing nighttime phenomena, chiefly wet dreams and sleep paralysis. In medieval
Succubus
Narrative subgenre
and plot and to provide an overall creepy, unpleasant, unsettling, or distressing atmosphere. Traditionally, psychological horror was defined by its portrayal
Psychological_horror
Paid leave of absence for personal matters
benefit permitting a leave of absence from work to address urgent and distressing personal or family matters. It is often used interchangeably with bereavement
Compassionate_leave
Tendency of organisms in response to environmental change
states (especially anger) and temper outbursts, which can be aggressive. Distressing or impairing irritability is important from a mental health perspective
Irritability
1985 Indian film
step-brothers of Rajasekhar. The younger brother of Rajendran after distressing from him finally joins with him. All three of them finally join after
Padikkadavan_(1985_film)
Mental disorder
Primarily obsessional OCD takes the form of intrusive thoughts often of a distressing, sexual, or violent nature (e.g., fear of acting on impulses). According
Primarily obsessional obsessive–compulsive disorder
Primarily_obsessional_obsessive–compulsive_disorder
Cognitive self-control skill
cognitive self-control skill that can be used to counter dysfunctional or distressing thoughts, by interrupting sequences or chains of problem responses. When
Thought_stopping
1841 verse drama by Robert Browning
2. London: Henry Brome. 1662. p. 111. Fay, H. W. (16 June 1888). "A Distressing Blunder". The Academy (841): 415. Edward T. James, Janet Wilson James
Pippa_Passes
Distressing emotion of regret
Remorse is a distressing emotion experienced by an individual who regrets actions which they have done in the past which they deem to be shameful, hurtful
Remorse
Part of the female reproductive tract
extensive as to involve the rectum and anus. This event can be especially distressing to a new mother. When this occurs, fecal incontinence develops and stool
Vagina
Topics referred to by the same term
psychiatric medicine, refers to severe mental and emotional injury caused by distressing events Traumatic injury, sudden physical injury caused by an external
Trauma
Surgical weight-loss procedure
blind loop. The arthritis-dermatitis syndrome was one of the common distressing disorders. The pathogenetic mechanism was thought to be an immune-complex-mediated
Jejunoileal_bypass
Suicide of a British schoolgirl in 2017
the school's head teacher expressed shock that she was able to access distressing online content. Her parents stated that she had never shown any previous
Death_of_Molly_Russell
American journalist (born 1967)
something—something that makes me uncomfortable, ashamed or even afraid. This is distressing because it is simply not true. ... The fact is, I'm gay, always have
Anderson_Cooper
Form of manipulation
communication does not completely end, unlike with ghosting, it can be more distressing for breadcrumbees and prolong emotional recovery. Subsequently, victims
Breadcrumbing
Psychotherapy for trauma and other issues
responses, and therapist-directed eye movements while a person recalls distressing memories. Clients do not have to describe the details of a traumatic
Accelerated Resolution Therapy
Accelerated_Resolution_Therapy
Psychological phenomenon
people can sometimes recover more quickly from more distressing experiences than from less distressing ones. The hypothesized reason is that intense states
Region-beta_paradox
Person who beheads someone committing seppuku
prolonged pain before death. It also prevents observers from witnessing a distressing and prolonged dying process. The most recent kaishakunin of the 20th
Kaishakunin
Experience causing recall of a trauma
contents of a piece of media, to warn them that it contains potentially distressing content. A more generic term, which is not directly focused on PTSD,
Trauma_trigger
Medical condition
of the genitalia and, in male patients, to the tip of the penis. This distressing desire to fully void despite its impossibility is attributed to the irritation
Strangury
2023 novel by Evie Woods
collectors, and bibliophiles. The reviewer finds the historical thread "distressing", writing that "the early 1920s were a time when women were mere chattels
The_Lost_Bookshop
[People trapped by the cold drop appeal for help on social media with distressing messages and videos]. El País (in Spanish). 30 October 2024. Retrieved
2024_Spanish_floods
Medical condition
experienced as pleasurable, non-pleasurable, or unpleasant, and can be distressing. Causes of pathological spontaneous orgasms include spinal cord lesions
Spontaneous_orgasm
American horror film series
faced with a challenging case. As the terrified patient describes the distressing experiences she has endured including an extended lack of sleep convinced
Smile_(film_series)
2010 film by Andy Fickman
series of mishaps have Marni resembling her high school self, further distressing her. Marni realizes that Joanna does remember her when Joanna deliberately
You_Again
Type of psychotherapy
(CT) is a kind of psychotherapy that treats problematic behaviors and distressing emotional responses by identifying and correcting unhelpful and inaccurate
Cognitive_therapy
1995 single by Deep Blue Something
"possibly the year's most innocuous single, 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' is distressingly prosaic pop from a wimpy-sounding Texas quartet"; he added that it lacked
Breakfast_at_Tiffany's_(song)
Involuntary utterance of socially inappropriate words
mentally rather than saying it out loud; these subvocalizations can be very distressing. Coprolalia is an occasional characteristic of Tourette syndrome, although
Coprolalia
British flag-raising and anti-migrant vigilante group
26 July 2026. Gudge, Ethan (17 June 2026). "Injunction aims to end 'distressing' lamppost flags". BBC News. Retrieved 18 June 2026. Gohil, Neha (27 June
Raise the Colours (organisation)
Raise_the_Colours_(organisation)
on close intimate relationships. Such obsessions can become extremely distressing and debilitating, having negative impacts on relationships functioning
Relationship obsessive–compulsive disorder
Relationship_obsessive–compulsive_disorder
Support in distressing times
Support in distressing times
Supportive_communication
Report by the Kerala government on women workers
during the filming of Chanchattam in 1991. Sridevika also recounted a distressing encounter with Malayalam film director Thulasidas while working on the
Hema_Committee_report
interview with for NYU in the afternoon), etc. After receiving some distressing news about NYU, Silver has an emotional breakdown, causing Navid and
List_of_90210_characters
Cybercrime
for others to see. Not all such incidents were distressing to the youth who experienced them. Distressing incidents were episodes where youth rated themselves
Youth_Internet_Safety_Survey
Bullying in electronic communications
images sent to a cellular phone. Cyberbullying has been shown to be more distressing and have more serious implications than conventional bullying, and it
Cyberbullying
2025 film by Kathryn Bigelow
masterfully-constructed A House of Dynamite is an urgent thriller that's as distressing as it is riveting." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned
A_House_of_Dynamite
Form of obsessive–compulsive disorder
one's OCD, and reading or listening to stressful material to reduce its distressing effects. SO-OCD can be particularly challenging to treat because patients
Sexual orientation obsessive–compulsive disorder
Sexual_orientation_obsessive–compulsive_disorder
English TV personality (born 1992)
"First look at Love Island stars Chris Hughes and Olivia Attwood's distressing break-up scenes in Crackin' On". Digital Spy. 20 March 2018. "You vs
Chris_Hughes_(TV_personality)
Milk cartons showing a photo of a missing child
Missing-children milk cartons were public service advertisements printed on milk cartons by the National Child Safety Council in the United States. The
Missing-children_milk_carton
Four malevolent beings in Chinese mythology
creature of chaos with six legs and no face; Qiongqi (窮奇; Qióngqí; 'distressingly strange', 'thoroughly odd'), a monstrous creature that eats people,
Four_Perils
Excessive focus on distressing physical symptoms
somatic symptom disorder includes "one or more somatic symptoms which are distressing or result in substantial impairment of daily life." Additional criteria
Somatic_symptom_disorder
Irish writer (1856–1950)
sensitive boy, found the less salubrious parts of Dublin shocking and distressing, and was happier at the cottage. Lee's students often gave him books
George_Bernard_Shaw
Positive emotion
a positive emotion experienced when something unpleasant, painful or distressing has not happened or has come to an end. Often accompanied by sighing
Relief_(emotion)
accessory, pure and free as he comes into the world. They are somewhat distressing nudes, as they reflect the vulnerability of mortal flesh, the loneliness
History_of_the_nude_in_art
1983 studio album by Mötley Crüe
The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), he dismissed the music as "a distressingly mild-mannered distillation of Kiss and Aerosmith clichés". In 2017,
Shout_at_the_Devil
1978 novel by M.M. Kaye
return to his duties in the military. Two years later, Ash receives distressing news that the rana is dying and that his wives are to be burned alive
The_Far_Pavilions
1984 song by Madonna
miscalculation", writing that it was "probably meant to shock, but [was] only distressing". The performance was included on the tour's LaserDisc release and in
Like_a_Virgin_(song)
Psychological defense mechanism
textbooks present a similar view, stating that sublimation is "translating a distressing desire into an acceptable form." It occurs when displacement involves
Sublimation_(psychology)
Online information retrieval tool
unaligned with the intention of the indexing system. Spamdexing can be very distressing for users and problematic for search engines because the return contents
Metasearch_engine
Hospital in Dublin, Ireland
incurables" to provide sufferers with food, shelter and relief from their distressing conditions. In Georgian Dublin there were a number of charitable music
Royal_Hospital,_Donnybrook
Compulsive consumption of negative online contents
to a broader sense of permacrisis, where being constantly exposed to distressing news fosters continuous cycles of consuming negative information. A 2022
Doomscrolling
Type of emotional response
flight' response." Goleman points out that "not all limbic hijackings are distressing. When a joke strikes someone as so uproarious that their laughter is
Amygdala_hijack
2015 novel by Hanya Yanagihara
(April 6, 2023). "A Little Life: Critics split over James Norton's 'distressing' play". BBC. Retrieved June 9, 2026. Benedict, David (April 5, 2023)
A_Little_Life
to say that I don't believe in God. I actually regard the system as distressing: I am offended by some of the things said in the Bible and the Koran
List of atheists in film, radio, television and theatre
List_of_atheists_in_film,_radio,_television_and_theatre
Tendency to repeat a traumatic event
people endlessly repeat patterns of behaviour which were difficult or distressing in earlier life". Sigmund Freud's use of the concept of "repetition compulsion"
Repetition_compulsion
victim's family later criticised heavily the nature of the media's distressingly over-descriptive reporting of the murder. McGrady later appealed for
List of prisoners with whole life orders
List_of_prisoners_with_whole_life_orders
2025 apartment fire in Tai Po, Hong Kong
a statement, stating that the fire was "truly devastating and deeply distressing" and that the UK "sends heartfelt condolences" to the victims. Canadian
Wang_Fuk_Court_fire
Philosophical and theological term
sensory perceptions that those suffering clinical psychoses evaluate as distressingly incongruent and inexplicable are instead interpreted by spiritual individuals
Spirituality
2020 death in Wales
Solicitor General, Michael Tomlinson KC MP, stated: "This was a deeply distressing and upsetting case, and my thoughts today are with all of those who loved
Killing_of_Kaylea_Titford
Wide range of behaviours of an offensive nature
defined as harassment. The continuity or repetitiveness and the aspect of distressing, alarming or threatening may distinguish it from insult. It also constitutes
Harassment
Method to attempt making poultry unconscious
but not leave birds unconscious. Four Paws has called it "extremely distressing for the birds" and an unreliable method. The European Food Safety Authority
Electrical water bath stunning
Electrical_water_bath_stunning
Hallucinations primarily involving the sense of sight
Specific Interpretations and Use of Safety Behaviours in People with Distressing Visual Hallucinations: An Exploratory Study". Behavioural and Cognitive
Visual_hallucination
Exposure to risk of harm
well-being of older adults when they suppress their emotions in highly distressing situations. When these vulnerabilities are supported through conversation
Vulnerability
American politician, minister, restaurateur (c. 1804–1908)
Google Books.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) "Distressing Condition of Shreveport". The Times-Picayune. 1873-10-01. p. 8. Retrieved
Samuel_Armstead
2018 killing of a British tourist in New Zealand
2019. Peacock, Colin (10 November 2019). "Murder trials reported in distressing detail". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 24 November 2019. "The need to
Murder_of_Grace_Millane
1980 IRA attack in Northern Ireland
apologising to those who were harmed and stated that it was 'grave and distressing' but an 'accident' caused by the 'war situation'. The train was a Northern
Dunmurry_train_bombing
Cultural aesthetic and philosophy
"forward thinking as well as backward thinking, while having a distressing past, a distressing present, but still looking forward to thriving in the future"
Afrofuturism
Psychological disorder of morality
Scrupulosity is a psychological disorder in which an individual experiences distressing and maladaptive obsessions regarding moral or religious issues and performs
Scrupulosity
Novel by Elisa Shua Dusapin
boyfriend only seems to be attracted to the narrator sexually, which is distressing because of the narrator's extreme body dysmorphia. She eventually ends
Winter_in_Sokcho
Process of moving air in and out of the lungs
hyperventilation and hypoventilation alter CO₂ and thus pH and produce distressing symptoms. Breathing also supports speech, laughter and certain reflexes
Breathing
Unwelcome involuntary thought, image or idea
image, or unpleasant idea that may become an obsession, is upsetting or distressing, and can feel difficult to manage or eliminate. When such thoughts are
Intrusive_thought
Intense, irrational attraction
fantasy-like, or take the form of anxious rumination which is distracting and distressing. These thoughts may flow continually, alternating over the possibility
Infatuation
Austrian-American psychiatrist and sex therapist (1929–1995)
dysfunctions because these syndromes are among the most prevalent, worrying and distressing medical complaints of modern times. Helen Singer was born in Vienna,
Helen_Singer_Kaplan
2004 single by Old Crow Medicine Show
Kampeas, Ron (October 19, 2016). "A Bob Dylan cover offers solace in distressing times". The Times of Israel. Retrieved June 1, 2024. Auslander, Philip
Wagon_Wheel_(song)
American psychiatrist (1901–1980)
a moment and wasn't paying attention to anything." This is slightly distressing to the subjects and indicative of the fact that their attention was so
Milton_H._Erickson
Ability to mentally cope with a crisis
tendencies to see and react to the world as threatening, problematic, and distressing, and to view oneself as vulnerable. Trait resilience is positively correlated
Psychological_resilience
Neurological condition involving the crossing of senses
responsiveness to sensory stimulation in which certain trigger sounds can evoke distressing emotional responses. A study exploring whether individuals with misophonia
Synesthesia
Psychiatric procedure (1950s-1960s)
and it describes experiences or processes that are very painful or distressing) developed in the 1950s and 1960s in which patients are subjected to
Psychic_driving
Predisposition to hide embarrassing information
actively conceal from others personal information that one perceives as distressing or negative". Its opposite is self-disclosure. The concealed personal
Self-concealment
1949 novel by Nancy Mitford
shortly after her aunt's death, causing a scandal in her social circle and distressing her parents deeply. Unbeknownst to Polly, Boy has been Lady Montdore's
Love_in_a_Cold_Climate
Movement supporting people who hear voices
Escher. HVM regards hearing voices as a meaningful, though sometimes distressing, human experience that can be explored and understood. It supports the
Hearing_Voices_Movement
Psychological dilemma
within families or romantic relationships), this can be emotionally distressing, creating a situation in which a successful response to one message results
Double_bind
Canadian actress (born 1989)
Bang's parents, who had immigrated from Korea, initially found it "distressing" that Andrea and her sister, Diana Bang, had chosen to pursue acting
Andrea_Bang
Austrian choir
over school holidays. Walter Tautschnig, the choir's director, saw many distressing implications of the law to include the possibility of cancelling Christmas
Vienna_Boys'_Choir
Form of psychotherapy
brainspotting, Body Scan Meditation, and placebo condition in the processing of distressing memories reported by a non-clinical sample of adult participants (psychologists
Brainspotting
Kitchen furniture
formulated by differing manufacturers do not, in general, exactly match. Distressing the wood cabinets is another finish application and is often done in
Kitchen_cabinet
2020 studio album by Anti-Flag
focuses on themes of anti-fascism and political optimism in the face of distressing circumstances, and encourages its audience to organize and work towards
20/20 Vision (Anti-Flag album)
20/20_Vision_(Anti-Flag_album)
English media personality (born 1989)
YouTuber Sam Pepper became a viral TikTok star: From Big Brother and distressing pranks to a fully-fledged comeback". Metro. 14 January 2020. Retrieved
Sam_Pepper
Theory that people adjust speech style to listeners
context or whether the culture is collectivistic or individualistic; distressing history of interaction, the possible tensions that exist between groups
Communication accommodation theory
Communication_accommodation_theory
1st episode of Chernobyl
2019). "Chernobyl Review: HBO's Haunting Miniseries Is Emotionally Distressing". Collider. Archived from the original on February 17, 2023. Retrieved
1:23:45
Topics referred to by the same term
warning is a content warning that a work contains material that may be distressing. Trigger Warning may also refer to: Trigger Warning (book), a 2015 collection
Trigger_Warning
Animal slaughter in Islamic law
This study concluded that Halal methods of slaughter were both more distressing and painful for the animals even under optimal conditions (and that conditions
Dhabihah
English singer (born 1991)
"Little Mix's Leigh-Anne Pinnock left in tears after burning leg in distressing clip". Cosmopolitan. 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on
Leigh-Anne_Pinnock
Diminished responsiveness to a stimulus after repeated exposure
therapy, aimed at gradually reducing emotional reactions to previously distressing situations. In 1958, Joseph Wolpe developed a ranked list of anxiety-evoking
Desensitization_(psychology)
2014 video game
letter-writers, aside from Doctor Money, find themselves in increasingly distressing situations. Mr. Smiley, as the player finds out through an erroneously-sent
Presentable_Liberty
Primary building of Harvard Library
stacks] has been pressed upon us during the past year by several rather distressing experiences," Widener Superintendent Frank Carney wrote discreetly in
Widener_Library
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