It is also a time
of intense distress and proves to be challenging for the parties and particularly for the children.
Couples who commit to hard work instead of walking away or sweeping their feelings under the rug may initially
experience intense distress, but the payoff is usually well worth it.
For example, from approximately age 8 months through the preschool years, healthy youngsters may
show intense distress (anxiety) at times of separation from their parents or other caregivers with whom they are close.
While potential physical harm from these tests is low, many cancer patients report «scanxiety,» a feeling of
intense distress prior to imaging as they fear bad news.
It will prolong the period of
intense distress beyond the normal six months and stretch the entire divorce recovery process out to beyond the natural 24 months.
John Bowlby, working alongside James Robertson (1952) observed that children experienced
intense distress when separated from their mothers.
For example, from approximately age 8 months through the preschool years, healthy youngsters may
show intense distress (anxiety) at times of separation from their parents or other people with whom they are close.
However well - worn the format,
the intense distress of Farmiga's performance suits the director's personal investment in the tale's specifics.
Intense distress may also lead to other risky behaviors, including substance misuse, reckless driving, binge eating, or promiscuous sex.
Deliberate acts of self - harm (e.g., cutting, burning), suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts typically occur in the context of
intense distress and dysphoria, particularly in the context of feelings of abandonment when an important relationship is disrupted.
The associated attachment theory was developed by John Bowlby, who attempted to understand
the intense distress and coping behaviors (crying and searching) in infants when separated from the person they had come to rely on for support, responsiveness, protection, and care.
Observing mothers and their infants, Bowlby (1973) identified
an intense distress experienced by infants who had been separated from their parents.