IGI Global eBooksSeptember 22, 2026Srishti Muralidharan, Navya Charan
Anguish represents a profound form of human suffering that extends beyond ordinary emotional distress and engages interconnected neurobiological, cognitive and physiological systems. This chapter conceptualizes anguish as an active, embodied state characterised by persistent emotional arousal, self-referential processing, autonomic dysregulation, and meaning-making efforts. Drawing on...