"Personal anguish" refers to intense emotional suffering or distress that a person experiences within themselves. It is a deep and personal pain that individuals feel deep inside. Full definition
Likewise, expressing and reflecting upon his own very deep personal anguish in A Grief Observed, Lewis writes that what he wants in his bereavement is to continue to live his marriage «well and faithfully» in and through his loss. (firstthings.com)
I'm not thinking so much about folk art or thrift store art, but about art made by disabled people, by people with tragic biographies, by artists such as Bess or Henry Darger who expressed intense personal anguish through their art. (frieze.com)
What would courtrooms be like if judges were to display such personal anguish and anger? (redeeminggod.com)