emotional stress
Psychological burden carried
Emotional stress is psychological strain from worry, pressure, or difficult circumstances.
It manifests as anxiety, irritability, or feeling overwhelmed when life demands exceed coping resources: The emotional stress of caregiving took its toll.
Distinguished from physical stress, though the two often intertwine—emotional stress frequently produces bodily symptoms like headaches or insomnia.
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- mental healthEmotional and cognitive well-being
- tensionStretched or strained state
- fearEmotional response to threat
depression · trauma · crying spell · mindfulness · deep breaths · loneliness · panic · substance abuse · sadness · fatigue · sleepless nights · cortisol · fight-or-flight · racing thoughts · overwhelm · psychosomatic · hypervigilance · irritability
- stress typesdistress
- pressurespeer pressure, tension, strain, burden, anxiety
- relocationrelocation, transfer, relocate, resettle, move
- triggerstrigger, trigger mechanism, trigger assembly, trigger pull, sear
emotional stresspeace of mind
State without anxiety
inner peace · tranquility · serenity · contentment · relaxation
emotional stressphysical injury
Bodily harm or damage
physical exertion · mechanical stress · physiological stress · physical trauma · physical fatigue
emotional stressdeep relaxation
Thorough mental and bodily ease
calm · restfulness · rest and digest · unwinding · decompression