emotional upset
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Dr Greg Irwin, a doctor at the QEUH, was pictured confronting a group of protestors in February 2023, saying that they "cause emotional upset to patients, but also to staff members".
From BBC ● May 15, 2025
I thought about a friend who has a car “accident” every time she has a big emotional upset.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 26, 2022
But I believe that confronting whiteness and the myths associated with it would cause great emotional upset for many white people.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2020
As he would do when a patient has a food intolerance, Dr. Johnson would advise avoiding an emotional upset that is known to trigger vomiting.
From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2019
He had been watching her for further signs of emotional upset.
From Anything You Can Do ... by Randall Garrett
