psychological injury
Harm to psyche
Psychological injury is harm to a person's mental or emotional state, as opposed to physical injury.
The term appears in legal, clinical, and workplace contexts where mental harm requires documentation: She filed a claim for psychological injury after witnessing the accident.
Unlike physical wounds, psychological injuries—trauma, anxiety disorders, depression—may not be immediately visible but can be equally debilitating.
- pain and sufferingDistress from harm
- mental anguishSevere psychological distress
- depressionProlonged low state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- traumaLasting psychological wound
survivor's guilt · post-traumatic stress disorder · shell shock · flashbacks · night terrors · stress · nervous breakdown · dissociation · intrusive thoughts · trigger warning · shock · emotional distress · emotional dysregulation · panic attacks · panic disorder · hypervigilance · suicidal ideation · repressed memories
- traumaabuse, abandonment, abandonment trauma, acute stress, amnesia
- sufferingagony, anguish, misery, pain, torment
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Bodily harm or damage
bodily harm · bodily injury · physical trauma · flesh wound · physical harm
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Mind's return to wholeness
mental wellness · emotional wellbeing · psychological health · emotional healing · mental health
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State of emotional wellbeing
mental health · mental wellness · psychological well-being · emotional health · psychological resilience
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