Psychological Distress

Dimension 931 of 1,100 · Health Lens

Excitement Index

0.0462

Psychological Distress measures the presence and severity of emotionally troubled experience, including strain, depressed mood, worry, impaired coping, and difficulty functioning. It encompasses expressions of internal suffering ranging from minimal or mixed signs to persistent, burdensome distress.

evidence final name · Felt Got

Bands

Minimal Psychological Distress

Expressions activating this band show little clear emotional suffering or only diffuse, mixed, or situational content, sometimes including activation, excitement, or general life description without sustained troubled mood. Distress, when present, appears minimal, indirect, or not clearly central.

Mild Psychological Distress

Expressions activating this band show emerging emotional difficulty such as nerves, sleep trouble, impaired ability to do desired activities, or troubling thoughts. The distress is recognizable but intermittent or limited in scope.

Moderate Psychological Distress

Expressions activating this band show clear negative self-appraisal, depressed mood, reduced emotional ease, or active efforts to manage problems and restore functioning. Distress is personally salient and affects everyday emotional experience.

Severe Psychological Distress

Expressions activating this band show persistent strain, worry-related sleep loss, inability to overcome difficulties, hypervigilance, or impaired practical functioning. Distress is intense, ongoing, and experienced as hard to control.

Evidence summary

Candidate names

Felt Got1.00

Feeling0.50

Lost0.50

Sentence counts by range

B-9..B-3650,467

B-2..B14,048,127

B2..B8283,185

B9..B1564

Dataset representation

01__health_reviews__druglib__benefits_effectiveness74

03__fact_checking__liar__truth_ordinal69

05__whole_disney_dataset__rating89

06__text_reviews__acl_imdb__binary_sentiment121

07__emotion_labels__goemotions_reddit__multilabel96

08__dialogue_emotion__empathetic_dialogues__context90

10__social_media_sentiment__sentiment140__binary189

11__consumer_complaints__response_explanation_vs_relief117

Anchor definitions

Minimal Felt Got

Minimal Felt Got: Content characterized by coming, made, near, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect felt got at this level.

Moderate Felt Got

Moderate Felt Got: Content characterized by got, supports, felt, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect felt got at this level.

Intense Felt Got

Intense Felt Got: Content characterized by got, lowered, blood, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect felt got at this level.

Peak Felt Got

Peak Felt Got: Content characterized by feeling, felt, lost, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect felt got at this level.