psychosomatic
Brain-caused body symptoms
Psychosomatic describes physical symptoms caused or worsened by mental factors rather than purely bodily ones.
A psychosomatic illness is real—the pain or dysfunction exists—but originates in stress, anxiety, or emotional disturbance rather than injury or infection: Doctors found no physical cause; they suspect her symptoms are psychosomatic.
The term sometimes carries dismissive overtones, implying the condition is "all in your head."
Mental distress expressed physically
- embodimentConcrete manifestation of idea
- biofeedbackTraining via physiological monitoring
- autonomicSelf-regulating without awareness
- neuroplasticityBrain's self-rewiring ability
Mental distress expressed physically
- hypochondriaExcessive illness worry
- fibromyalgiaChronic widespread musculoskeletal pain condition
- hysteriaUncontrollable emotional excess
- neurastheniaWeakness from depleted nerves
Belief about future outcomes
- noceboHarm from negative expectation
- self-fulfillingMaking itself happen
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
Persistent apprehensive distress
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- depressionProlonged low state
- overwhelmDefeat by excess
repression · tension · grief · PTSD
Therapeutic use of trance
- biofeedbackTraining via physiological monitoring
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- meditationFocused attention practice
- antidepressantDrug treating persistent despair
somatization
Mental distress expressed physically
- embodimentConcrete manifestation of idea
- biofeedbackTraining via physiological monitoring
- autonomicSelf-regulating without awareness
somatization
Mental distress expressed physically
- hypochondriaExcessive illness worry
- fibromyalgiaChronic widespread musculoskeletal pain condition
- hysteriaUncontrollable emotional excess
expectation
Belief about future outcomes
- noceboHarm from negative expectation
- self-fulfillingMaking itself happen
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
anxiety
Persistent apprehensive distress
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- depressionProlonged low state
overwhelm · repression · tension · grief · PTSD
hypnotherapy
Therapeutic use of trance
- biofeedbackTraining via physiological monitoring
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- meditationFocused attention practice
pain
Bodily or emotional distress
dizziness · palpitations · breathlessness · numbness · tingling · sweating · trembling · insomnia · cramps · weakness
- Psychophysiologyautonomic nervous system, biofeedback, cortisol, stress response, heart rate variability
- mental healthmental illness, psychiatrist, therapist, therapists, psychiatrists
- stressstress, chronic stress, acute stress, strain, stressor
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, anxious, memory
- mind-body wellnessmeditation, yoga, relaxation, wellness, mental health
- holistic wellnessAyurveda, ayurveda, aromatherapy diffuser, acupressure, chakra
psychosomaticorganic
From living matter
physiological · somatic · physical · biological · neurological
- psychosomatic symptomsPhysical ailments from mental causes
- psychosomatic disordersBody problems from mental stress
- psychosomatic conditionsIllnesses originating from psychology
psychic, psyche, psychology, psychological, psychedelic, psychosis, somatic, soma, psychiatry