16 Warning Signs You Might Suffer from Conversion Disorder

Conversion disorder is a mental illness when neurological symptom exists without an explanation. Imagine you’re just finishing up your lunch break when you suddenly can’t move your legs. Up until this point, you were perfectly healthy with no signs of any kind of physical illness. It would be terrifying, to say the least — and this is exactly what happens when someone has conversion disorder. “Conversion disorder is a psychiatric condition diagnosed when an impairing neurological symptom exists without a medical or cultural explanation,” Dr. Jared Heathman explains. “Symptoms must not be purposeful.” What It’s Like Inside the Psychological Purgatory of Depression The symptoms someone with conversion disorder experiences aren’t made up (that’s called malingering). It can be difficult to diagnose conversion disorder and some doctors may tell a sufferer that what’s happening to them is all in their head, but this is a real condition that causes real distress and can’t be turned off and on at will. Dr. John Mayer explains conversion disorder as a “physical manifestation of a mental illness.” The conversion disorder symptoms often begin after a stressful or traumatic experience, and the resulting stress can be physical or psychological. The amount of stress that causes the disorder can vary in every person. “The bottom line is that this stress is somehow converted into a physical symptom,R...
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