Sentences with phrase «for psychic pain»

He makes the point that we may prepare young people «to be warriors,» but we do not prepare them for the psychic pain that prevails once they actually experience the horrors of combat.

If undergoing surgery, or recovering from a painful car accident or self - medicating for psychic pain, the opiates will be effective in masking that pain wherever it might be.

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• Intense affective state in addition to depression such as desperation (anguish plus urgency regarding the need for relief), rage, psychic pain or inner tension, anxiety, guilt, hopelessness, or acute sense of abandonment.

Credit goes to Mickey Rourke for the deep psychic pain etched in his face in every frame that makes it easy to forget that the story is revolving around a «sport» where every contest is orchestrated and the outcomes are fixed.

- Publisher's Weekly «Readers in search of a crash course on the Bloomsbury circle and the machinations of Woolf's fevered mind will appreciate Vincent's attempts to illuminate both, but her dark portrait of Woolf's agonizing journey through a life marked by psychic pain will hold the most appeal for those already familiar with this sad story of genius and madness.»