anguish

From Latin anguish ("angostura", "difficulty"), the anguish is the grief or affliction. It's about a affective state which implies a certain psychological discomfort, accompanied by changes in the body (such as tremors, rapid heartbeat, excessive sweating or shortness of breath).

Anguish can be a reaction to the danger or to something unknown. You may even feel distress without a precise cause. In these cases, the concept has a meaning similar to that of afraid wave anxiety: "I was in anguish when we were locked in the elevator", "Juan felt anguish with the change of school".

The stressful rhythm of life that we lead, the professional or personal complications that we have to face in our day-to-day or economic difficulties are some of the situations that lead many people to find themselves at this time having various symptoms anguish.

Fear, sadness, nervousness, irritability, headaches, trouble falling asleep or anxiety are some of the symptoms that make it clear that someone is suffering from anguish. In these cases, it is necessary to go to medical professionals who can help the person in question through the corresponding treatment, which may be based on the intake of some medication and also on therapy or psychological sessions.

However, in these cases it is also convenient for the person suffering from the anguish to choose to carry out these other actions:
• Perform physical exercise periodically to calm most of the symptoms that you suffer.
• Learn to set priorities and also to delegate.
• Value all the good things you have.
• Find free time to enjoy hobbies and people you love.

Another use of the concept is related to a hurried situation or a bind: "The victory allowed the team to leave the anguish behind and look forward to the second round with greater optimism", "The anguish will end when we get help to deal with debts".

In his early studies on distress, Sigmund Freud differentiated between realistic distress and the neurotic distress. Realistic anguish is one that arises in the face of external danger and that involves an increase in sensory attention and motor tension. Neurotic anxiety, on the other hand, has no external basis, does not clearly refer to an object or is exaggerated when faced with the objectivity of the danger.

To overcome panic attacks, psychologists recommend increasing physical exercise, drinking plenty of water and avoiding stress overload.

In the same way, we can determine that, on many occasions, the word in question is often used as a synonym for nausea.

In addition to all this, we have to establish that the term that we are analyzing in the plural is also the name of many women. "Dolores" we can say that it is the meaning of the proper name of those women who celebrate their name day on September 15, because it is when the saint of Our Lady of Sorrows is celebrated.