tribulation

"When you haven't lived life, to go through trials and tribulations whilst being under the spotlight is a very difficult thing. And who is there to support?"

Author Helen Fielding says Bridget Jones has found a new audience with Gen Z, who have more problems than young women did 30 years ago but take comfort in the character's trials and tribulations.

The eight-time Olympic medallist had taken a break due to mental health "trials and tribulations" and said he had deliberately "isolated himself from the world."

Even real empathy has its problems, he said, “if it blinds us to the problems and tribulations of larger groups outside of our immediate proximity.”

In “Jet Pac Boomerang,” he ponders love’s trials and tribulations, ultimately recognizing that it’s all somehow worth it “when she says she loves me” and “angel choirs sing.”