You are not broken you’re just carrying more than your share. For adults navigating the heavy terrain of emotional trauma or chronic self-doubt, this truth can feel both comforting and daunting.

Sometimes, we behave in ways that can be confusing even to ourselves Struggling to trust others, even in situations where trust is typically expected, can be a telltale sign of emotional damage. This ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert W. Wood is a tax lawyer focusing on taxes and litigation. Some of the line-drawing comes from a footnote in the legislative ...

Emotional distress is the mental suffering accident and injury victims experience as an emotional response to a particular event. In tort law, two cases of action involve the infliction of emotional ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert W. Wood is a tax lawyer focusing on taxes and litigation. Some of the line-drawing comes from a footnote in the legislative ...

The NY Court of Appeals refused to overrule a 20-year-old ruling that bars mothers from recovering emotional damages for injuries to their children during birth, citing stare decisis. Dissents argued ...

A federal judge revoked a $100,000 compensatory damages award in favor of an employee for emotional damages. However, the plaintiff may be entitled to lost pay and benefits. Given the length of time ...

Living Single gave us something real: friendship that felt like home, wit that cut deep, and characters who looked and lived like us—long before the culture had language to celebrate it. Before Black ...