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Conversion disorders - how do they affect life?20 września 2025 |
Conversion disorders are mental health conditions where emotional distress and stress manifest as physical symptoms - such as difficulty walking, speaking, or feeling sensations. Medical tests typically reveal no organic damage.
In psychology, conversion is a defense mechanism in which psychological tension is transformed into physical symptoms. The person is not faking and cannot control the symptoms - they experience them as completely real.
Common symptoms include partial paralysis, walking difficulties, stuttering, voice loss, tremors, seizure-like episodes, or numbness in different parts of the body.
A person with conversion disorder may display symptoms that resemble neurological diseases, often triggered by intense stress or traumatic events. These symptoms can intensify during emotional moments, disappear on their own, and later return. They are real and distressing to the individual, significantly affecting daily life.
The key difference is that conversion disorders usually show no detectable organic changes in medical tests - their symptoms stem from psychological causes. Somatic diseases involve physical damage or disease processes that can be confirmed through diagnostics. Conversion symptoms are strongly linked to emotional stress and can vary greatly, while somatic illnesses generally follow a more predictable clinical course.
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