| teria is commonly assumed that Hippocrates, the | | | | Tightness or knotted feelings in the stomach, |
| father of medicine. Hysteria may be a defense | | | | sometimes powerful enough to cause nausea. |
| mechanism to avoid painful emotions by unconsciously | | | | Sudden stomach cramps, incontinence and diarrhea |
| transferring this distress to the body. There may be a | | | | Racing heartbeat |
| symbolic function for this, for example a rape victim | | | | Shallow or labored breathing |
| may develop paralyzed legs. As an illness, hysteria has | | | | Heavy perspiration |
| had a long-standing association with the feminine. | | | | Partial or complete paralysis |
| Although male sufferers were, at times, identified and | | | | Deep pains in the chest often mistaken for heart |
| discussed, it has primarily been seen as a women's | | | | attacks |
| disorder. | | | | Morbid thoughts and depression |
| The somatic appearances of anxiousness might | | | | Insomnia, inability to get to sleep and frequent waking |
| include pale skin, sweating, quivering, and pupil dilation. | | | | Confusion and Indecision |
| Emotional elements : The emotional parts of | | | | Symptoms |
| anxiousness cause a feeling of fear or panic, revulsion, | | | | The symptoms of such disorders are sudden waves |
| and chills. Kinds of hysteria and the symptoms : there | | | | of fear engulfing the individual, which are intense and |
| are several kinds of anxiety - Generalized uneasiness | | | | sometimes may occur repeatedly in a span of a few |
| Disorder, Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia, Obsessive | | | | minutes. Nervousness, anxiety, fear and dread are the |
| Compulsive Disorder, Post dire Stress Disorder, Social | | | | descriptions of most individuals who experience a |
| nervousness and explicit phobias. | | | | panic attack. The physical manifestations of panic |
| Absence of breath is another panic episode symptom | | | | disorders are a pounding heart, sudden cold sweat, a |
| that's seen a lot due to someone feeling panicked due | | | | flushed feeling or a clammy feeling initially which |
| to other symptoms they're experiencing. The trouble | | | | eventually gives way to feeling of faintness, dizziness |
| breathing can seem to be your world is caving in, but | | | | or short of breath. |
| by having the ability to recognize the symptom as an | | | | The hysterical reaction may be fairly mild (for instance, |
| element of a panic episode, you can more simply | | | | vague pains, weakness, or dizziness) or extremely |
| control this. | | | | severe (paralysis of the limbs, or sudden blindness). |
| The other category of mental disorders, namely, | | | | Less commonly, there may be loss of memory. |
| psychoses, includes mania, melancholia, | | | | Diseases symptoms associated with hysteria are |
| manic-depressive psychosis, paranoia, schizophrenia or | | | | difficult to diagnose, especially since the ill person will |
| dementia praecox, and certain confusional states in | | | | deny that there is an emotional problem. |
| which there is more of disorientation than any serious | | | | Alternative treatments : Different cures have been |
| disorder. There may be senile dementia and general | | | | developed for treating foreboding, like EMDR - a |
| paralysis of the insane which, in most cases, is the | | | | treatment that employs fast eye movement, repeated |
| result of syphilis of the nervous system. | | | | sounds and drumming to reintegrate an out of sync |
| The following is a list of the more common symptoms | | | | brain. Even acupuncture is getting used to treat |
| of anxiety suffered by people:- | | | | agitation. |