#distress

• Affliction — A state of profound moral pain, oppressive sadness, grief, or soul-crushing suffering caused by a great misfortune. In a modern psychological sense, it describes an intense emotional experience of mourning or despair, manifested as an inner collapse.
• To embitter — To impart a bitter or unpleasant taste to a food item or beverage. Figuratively and most frequently used, the verb means to deeply sadden, grieve, depress, or upset someone through wicked deeds, harsh words, or bad news; in its reflexive form (a se amărî), it defines the psychological process whereby an individual becomes sad, discouraged, or filled with resentment due to troubles.
• Amnioscopy — An endoscopic clinical diagnostic method that allows the direct visualization of the lower pole of the ovular sac, the membranes, and the appearance of the amniotic fluid through the cervix, utilizing a conical tube equipped with a light source. This investigation is used near the end of pregnancy to detect acute fetal distress by observing fluid color changes (such as the presence of meconium).
• Predicament — A state of great distress, need, acute material shortage, or extreme difficulty in which a person, community, or institution finds themselves at a given moment. In an extended contextual sense, the term describes a critical situation, a financial impasse, or a major predicament that can only be overcome with extraordinary efforts or external help, frequently used in the Romanian language in phrases related to life's turning points.
• Distress — An extremely rare archaic term or regionalism used in the past to denote a state of tightness, suffocation, acute respiratory crisis, or distress. As an adjective, it can describe a cramped space, a suffocating, oppressive atmosphere, or a person gripped by a severe state of anxiety, deep unrest, or a major trouble that catches their breath.
• Asphyxial — Causing asphyxia, relating to asphyxia, or presenting its clinical features; suffocating. In a structural and pathological sense, it describes chemical factors, gases, obstructive phenomena, or abnormal respiratory states that block air from entering the lungs or the correct oxygenation of the blood.
• Self-harmed — The feminine form of the term automutilat; describes a female individual, an anatomical area, or a bodily structure that has undergone a deliberate act of physical injury inflicted by oneself. From a therapeutic standpoint, the term is used when assessing emotional boundaries, indicating highly harmful coping mechanisms triggered by the inability to verbalize mental pain.