If you suffered emotional distress from an injury, you might not count it as one of your losses. You might focus on getting compensation for your bills and expenses you need to pay. If you lost income, you might worry about getting reimbursed for lost income and having some financial support for the future. Your focus is likely not on your emotional distress damages. However, emotional distress can be costly, too. You might need to pay for psychological treatment and medication to manage your symptoms. Some people increase alcohol use, spend more, or engage in other expensive habits to self-medicate their emotional distress. Feeling pain and suffering might prolong your hiatus from work or other productive activities. Damages for emotional distress can often increase your overall compensation quite a bit. There are different ways to calculate these damages to determine the overall value of your claim.