When you have suffered a serious emotional blow, you might feel overwhelmed and distraught. It’s natural to be caught up in the moment of suffering. But after you have the opportunity to catch your breath and process what happened, you might start to wonder what will make you feel whole again. You might start to think about how unfair it is that someone was allowed to inflict emotional distress that disrupted your life, but they didn’t suffer consequences nearly as powerful as what they handed you.
If you’re suffering serious emotional distress, there are legal remedies for you. Though no amount of money can fully restore your peace of mind or make up for what you have suffered, holding someone accountable for what happened can go a long way toward your healing. The seasoned attorneys at McCrary Law Firm can help you explore the situation and determine what damages you might be able to recover, and walk you through the process.
Let’s start by helping you understand what emotional distress actually is – as well as the differences between negligent and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
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There are numerous words to describe what it is, such as anguish, horror, suffering, grief, shock, humiliation, and shame. Though all of us might feel something akin to those things from time to time, emotional distress goes beyond a fleeting emotion.
Emotional distress exists if a reasonable person is unable to cope with the situation. If an everyday person were to be completely overwhelmed with the circumstances and unable to handle the emotions that arose from it, that’s a case for emotional distress. Emotional distress can greatly impact everything about you and make it almost impossible to live your day-to-day life as you used to.
In fact, emotional distress can lead to serious consequences for your mental and physical health. In addition to feeling overwhelmed or helpless, you can suffer from sleepless nights or sleep too much, anxiety and depression, difficulty with thinking or remembering things, and feeling unusually angry or irritable at those around you and at life in general. You might notice changes in appetite and energy levels. You might turn to substances, such as alcohol or drugs, to alter your mood and make the distress easier to cope with. You might even feel unexplained physical pain that seems to make no sense.
If you are dealing with overwhelming emotions, it’s time to give us a call and figure out where to go from here. The long-term consequences of what you have suffered can be significant. Compensation for your emotional injuries can help you work through the difficulties with the help of counselors, doctors, and Therapists.
When you choose to file a lawsuit for emotional distress, there are two types of emotional distress suits you can bring. The first is negligent infliction of emotional distress. The second is intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Let’s shed light on negligent and intentional infliction of emotional distress:
