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Conversion Disorder — Mind versus Body: A Review, 2015, Ali et al

Discussion in 'Other psychosomatic news and research' started by livinglighter, Oct 15, 2023.

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  1. Hutan

    Hutan Moderator Staff Member

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    This is a 2015 paper. I think there has been some evolution on the thinking about whether a history of emotional trauma is necessary, or even if psychological conflict and repression of feelings is necessary. I think that evolution was necessary because studies just did not support those criteria in all of the people with functional disorder [add your favourite synonym] labels.

    As to where that then leaves the functional disorder concept now, well, of course it's a mess. Basically it's the catch all for when doctors can't justify another label.
     
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    livinglighter Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Despite this evolution, in many cases, the explanation for FND tends to be difficulty coping with emotions. Perhaps there is a move away from overreliance on past events as triggers to include what could be perceived as current ones, such as someone not being able to cope with the loss of a highly-regarded profession if they become employed doing something less skilled - which I read someone was accused of. But to me, it seems, that explanations for FND still mainly have undertones of ideas surrounding repressed feelings and unconscious thoughts.

     
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  3. Hutan

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    Oh, for sure, they have their cake, eat it too, and still manage to package it up and present it as a health food that's a gift to mankind...

    It can be both life's stoics who can't complain even to themselves who are most at risk while at the same time it's the attention-seeker who is making a big deal about normal sensations that everyone experiences. It's people who are resilient and get on with things while lacking in self-efficacy. People who pay too much attention to their body while lacking in interoception. The contradictions are as frequent as the inane diagrams.
     
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    FND is just whatever its advocates want it to be at any given moment.

    Nothing more, nothing less.
     
    Sean, Oct 17, 2023
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