conversion disorder
conversion disorder — noun
1. a mental health condition where deep emotional pain or worry turns into real phy
a mental health condition where deep emotional pain or worry turns into real physical problems, like sudden blindness or trouble walking, even though doctors find nothing wrong with the body.
Doctors diagnosed Adaeze with conversion disorder after every test on her legs came back normal.
diagnosed with conversion disorder + tests come back normal
In conversion disorder, painful feelings the mind cannot face often surface as real bodily symptoms.
definitional framing: emotional cause, physical symptom
After the car crash, Mauricio lost his voice for weeks, a classic sign of conversion disorder.
The young soldier's shaking hands turned out to be conversion disorder, not a nerve injury.
Therapy, not medicine, helped Élise recover from the sudden paralysis caused by conversion disorder.
- functional neurological symptom disorder
the current clinical name in the DSM-5; same condition, more neutral wording
- hysteria
older, now-dated and stigmatising term for similar symptoms
文法句型
diagnosed with conversion disorder
a case of conversion disorder
用法筆記
Almost always uncountable and clinical; pairs with verbs of diagnosis (diagnosed with, presents as). The newer DSM-5 term is 'functional neurological symptom disorder', but 'conversion disorder' is still widely used.