Emotional Distress & Mental Anguish Damages
Sexual harassment, over time, can negatively affect the victimized individual. Some common side effects of sexual harassment include:
- Crying spells
- Decreased work performance
- Increased absenteeism
- Sleeplessness
- Fatigue
- Overall depressive mood
- Excessive eating and/or drinking
- Weight gain, weight loss, loss of appetite
- Increased blood pressure
- Mood swings
- Irritability
- Strain on family relationships
- Loss of sexual desire
- Loss of the ordinary pleasures of life
- Loss of trust in different environments
- Loss of trust in people
- Relocating to another city or state
- Loss of references or recommendations
- Headaches
- Panic attacks and nightmares
These symptoms are generally evaluated in determining mental anguish and emotional distress damages. The number, severity, duration of each of the symptoms generally form the basis of an award of damages.