The term comes from the greek Ister, Uterus. In ancient times, it was thought that the disorder was typically female, caused by the displacement of the uterus.
The main feature of hysteria is that the subject expresses his state of mind through the body. The body then becomes the main means of communication of these subjects over time are considered possessed, sick, simulators.
Symptoms:
paralysis, blindness, muteness, anesthesia, parastesia limb weakness, seizures, altered state of consciousness and identity.
written by G. Barone
