somatoform symptoms
psycho-somatic symptoms
A person struggling with psycho-somatic symptoms, may experience the following
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Excessive and disproportionate worry regarding one's physical health
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The worry is often accompanied by a high level of anxiety
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Excessive time and energy is given towards symptoms and health concerns
illness anxiety symptoms
A person struggling with illness anxiety symptoms, may experience the following
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Excessive worry about having or acquiring a serious illness, when no physical symptoms are present
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A high level of anxiety about ones health and being easily alarmed when experiencing slight fluctutations in health
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Repetitive checking of body for illness and/or avoids seeking medical attention
CONVERSION symptoms
A person struggling with conversion symptoms, may experience the following
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Altered or impaired voluntary motor or sensory functions that can not be explained medically
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Types of altered motor or sensory function can include
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Weakness or paralysis
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Abnormal physical movement (e.g. slowed movement, difficulty walking etc)
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Speech impairments (e.g. Slurred speech)
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Seizures or physical convulsions
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Physical numbness or insensitivity to pain
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Visual, olfactory, or auditory impairments (e.g. loss of eyesight, or difficult hearing etc)
factitious symptoms
A person struggling with factitious symptoms, may experience the following ​
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Deceiving others to believe that he/she or another person is ill, impaired or injured for no obvious reasons, by
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Faking one's own or another's physical or psychological symptoms
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Purposefully injuring or making oneself or another ill