# Distress

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**Distress** may refer to:

- [Distress (medicine)](/source/Distress_(medicine)), an aversive state in which a person shows maladaptive behaviors
- [Mental distress](/source/Mental_distress) (or psychological distress)
- Distress, or [distraint](/source/Distraint), the act of seizing goods to compel payment
- [*Distress* (novel)](/source/Distress_(novel)), a novel by Greg Egan
- [*Distress* (1946 film)](/source/Distress_(1946_film)), a 1946 French film
- [*Distress* (1929 film)](/source/Distress_(1929_film)), a 1929 French silent film
- [Distress signal](/source/Distress_signal), a recognized means for obtaining help
- [Distressed inventory](/source/Distressed_inventory), goods or materials whose potential to be sold at a normal cost has passed
- [Distressing](/source/Distressing), the process of making an object appear aged - [Stone washing](/source/Stone_washing), a similar technique used on apparel

## See also

- [Distressor](/source/Distressor), an audio compression unit

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