mental anguish
Inner emotional turmoil
Mental anguish is severe emotional suffering—the kind of distress that goes beyond ordinary upset to become genuinely tormenting.
In legal contexts, mental anguish describes psychological harm that may warrant compensation: The jury awarded damages for mental anguish caused by the accident.
Outside courtrooms, it captures any intense inner torment: the mental anguish of watching a loved one decline.
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- hopelessnessState without hope
- despairTotal absence of hope
- intrusive thoughtsInvoluntary disturbing mental content
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
sleepless nights · rumination · suffering · bereavement · heavy heart · emotional distress · torment · existential crisis · nervous breakdown · sadness · deep despair · catastrophizing · desolation · dark thoughts · hypervigilance · agony · inner turmoil · rejection
- inner turmoilinner turmoil, inner conflict, inner struggle, self-doubt, indecision
- sufferingagony, misery, pain, torment, distress
- inner conflictinner conflict, internal struggle, inner turmoil, torn feelings, emotional conflict
- inner distressturmoil, distress, torment, agony, inner turmoil
- mental turmoildistress, turmoil, inner turmoil, emotional pain, torment
- OCDOCD, obsession, obsessions, compulsion, compulsions
mental anguishpeace of mind
State without anxiety
happiness · joy · euphoria · elation · psychological comfort
mental anguishserenity
Undisturbed mental quietude
tranquility · inner peace · calm · equanimity · composure
mental anguishphysical pain