What is a psychosomatic illness?

Answer 1

Psychosomatic disorder, now more commonly referred to as psychophysiologic illness, is an illness whose symptoms are caused by mental processes of the sufferer rather than immediate physiological causes. If a medical examination can find no physical or organic cause, if an illness appears to result from emotional conditions such as anger, anxiety, depression and guilt, then it might be classified psychosomatic. The interaction between psychological factors and the immune system is studied in psychoneuroimmunology.

Psychosomatic symptoms show that a human body can create physical symptoms that compensate for relationship deficiencies. (For example, hypnosis-induced allergic reactions indicate that a person's immune response can dramatically change during an intense mind-body relationship).

Very often, psychosomatic illness is influenced by external factors or players. Severe stress caused by factors in work, relationship, and family are known to cause bowel illness and accompanying dehydration, stomach or headaches, nausea, incontinence, or loss of hair.

Somatopsychic illness is an illness where the mental and psychological processes of the sufferer are affected by physiological causes. Emotional conditions similar to psychosomatic illness are experienced as well as decreased mental functioning. Physiological factors involved include, but are not limited to, cases of persons diagnosed with chronic pain and/or a physical disorder, cases where the person experiences frequent episodes of pain over a long period of time, and cases where a person has exacerbated levels of physical pain over a prolonged period of time.

Answer 2

Psychosomatic disorder, now more commonly referred to as psychophysiologic illness, is an illness whose symptoms are caused by mental processes of the sufferer rather than immediate physiological causes. If a medical examination can find no physical or organic cause, if an illness appears to result from emotional conditions such as anger, anxiety, depression and guilt, then it might be classified psychosomatic. The interaction between psychological factors and the immune system is studied in psychoneuroimmunology.

Answer 3

Psychosomatic illnesses are caused when a person comes to believe they have an illness or fear that they might. The symptoms may not match the illness which they think they are suffering from, but they become ill or unwell.

It's all in the mind.

Answer 4

To say a psychosomatic illness is "all in the mind", is somewhat narrow minded, There may be a deeper source of such feelings of illness,. People react to traumas in their lives in many different ways, and these psychosomatic problems may be due to other problems/issues, we have to take the whole person and all of their experiences into account,in so dealing with deeper issues the psychosomatic illness may become less of a problem. good luck

Answer 5

' The patient suffers the very same symptom
as the real illness would give out. Vomiting diarrhoea severe pain high temperatures sweating and all sort of things .Psychosomatic can mimic any Illness but the Illness is false, and it is pure hell for the patient. But it does go away. So Good Luck

Answer 6

Usually the illness was diagnosed then you read the symptoms and imagine or tune into them and can actually experience them. Its not making it up its that you really think you are experiencing the symptoms. Its very real to the patient and recognised as possible but not definate. Hard to explain really. I did a presentation on it in my training, as a mental nurse. Lots of people suffering panic attacks symptoms are labelled as psychsomatic they are real but induced by the power of the mind if you like.

Answer 7

It is not really imaginary - it is real sympytoms that the patient feels but the doctors cannot find any physical evidence of or reason for.
In other words, medically, you should be physically fine as there is nothing unusual on scans or blood tests or any other diagnostic tests , but the doctor says he believes the patient is suffering pain - they have convinced themselves they have pain to the extent they actually do feel it.

Answer 8

It is an illness that you think you have and have worried yourself into having the symptoms for it. Once you have been told all is well you should get better.

Answer 9

A real illness that doesn't have associated physiological causes for its symptoms.

Answer 10

an illness of the mind it is not real but you think everything and all the situations you find yourself doing r real