In 2006, a character on a Portuguese TV show popular with teenagers suffered from a mysterious illness involving a rash, dizziness, and difficulty breathing. Soon after the episode aired students at 14 schools reported the same symptoms. This is an example of

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The symptoms reported by the students were likely not caused by an actual illness, but rather by a shared belief or anxiety triggered by the TV show. This is known as mass hysteria, or mass psychogenic illness.

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