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Against a background of great interest in the problem of psychological well-being of a person, problem of a relatively new scientific field - the study of subjective distress – is considered. The author of the article viewed subjective trouble as a natural reaction of an intense or prolonged nature to a traumatic event. The ambiguity of the influence of subjective distress in life of an individual. Negative feelings, associated with subjective distress, are the necessary condition for maintaining the dynamic equilibrium of an individual. In addition, a sense of his own distress can be a source self-improvement, finding the meaning of life, self-realization. The analyzation of the phenomenon of subjective distress is presented and the factors of its formation are isolated. Based on a review of domestic and foreign researches, there are highlighted sociodemographic and psychological factors of subjective distress that are in complex interaction together. The article reveals statistically justified dependencies of subjective distress on various factors. There are established facts of a higher level of subjective distress in men, people with low levels of education, as well as with the increase in the age of the respondents, and more difficult experience of it in women. The interconnection of age and subjective well-being does not always have a unique connection. The obtained data allow concretizing understanding of subjective distress in individual social groups and justifying the need for targeted therapeutic and corrective work with persons characterized by a sense of distress.