When change gets hard, people often push for more motivation or willpower. More often, the real barrier is distress intolerance—not a lack of effort.

In the fast-paced world we live in, stress and distress are seemingly inevitable. Developing distress tolerance is a helpful skill that can empower you to navigate challenging situations with ...

The study covered in this summary was published on ResearchSquare as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. In people with depression, the relationship between stressful life events and ...

Welcome to the new age of anxiety. Come in, get comfortable and let’s learn how to deal, together. That’s the pandemic-era message we’ve learned through a practice called distress tolerance. It’s part ...

Introduction: The majority of women who smoke cigarettes report that concern about weight gain is a barrier to quitting. We developed an intervention incorporating distress tolerance, appetite ...