Emotional Distress

Dimension 680 of 1,100 · Health Lens

Excitement Index

0.0538

Emotional Distress measures the degree of negative emotional strain expressed through worry, self-blame, discouragement, irritability, and difficulty coping. It encompasses both inwardly directed suffering such as feeling like a failure or crying alone and outward strain expressed through conflict, temper, and troubled reactions to stress.

evidence final name · Get Make

Bands

Minimal Emotional Distress

Expressions activating this band are not clearly organized around distress and instead contain diffuse, topical, or neutral content with little consistent evidence of emotional strain. When distress-related meaning appears, it is only faintly implied rather than directly expressed.

Mild Emotional Distress

Expressions activating this band show manageable but noticeable strain, including irritability, avoidance of stressful memories or feelings, difficulty handling problems, and occasional loss of temper. Distress is present as reactive frustration or coping difficulty without sustained despair.

Moderate Emotional Distress

Expressions activating this band show persistent worry, sleep disruption, interpersonal hostility, and deliberate efforts to regulate unpleasant thoughts or feelings. Distress is experienced as ongoing emotional burden that affects both inner calm and close interactions.

Severe Emotional Distress

Expressions activating this band show pronounced suffering marked by self-blame, feelings of failure, crying in private, inability to relax, and stress spilling into daily responsibilities and relationships. Distress is experienced as pervasive emotional pain with strong impairment and vulnerability.

Evidence summary

Candidate names

Get Make1.00

Walk0.50

Out0.50

Sentence counts by range

B-6..B-42,443

B-3..B34,965,923

B48,462

B5..B115,015

Dataset representation

01__health_reviews__druglib__benefits_effectiveness46

03__fact_checking__liar__truth_ordinal61

05__whole_disney_dataset__rating82

06__text_reviews__acl_imdb__binary_sentiment80

07__emotion_labels__goemotions_reddit__multilabel68

08__dialogue_emotion__empathetic_dialogues__context71

10__social_media_sentiment__sentiment140__binary96

11__consumer_complaints__response_explanation_vs_relief79

Anchor definitions

Minimal Get Make

Minimal Get Make: Content characterized by natural, gandhi, shown, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect get make at this level.

Moderate Get Make

Moderate Get Make: Content characterized by them, anything, make, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect get make at this level.

Intense Get Make

Intense Get Make: Content characterized by make, great, travel, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect get make at this level.

Peak Get Make

Peak Get Make: Content characterized by try, waste, walk, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect get make at this level.