Many of Freud's first patients had physical symptoms, such as paralysis or numbness, for which no physical causes could be found. Freud called this condition

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Freud referred to the condition where patients exhibited physical symptoms, like paralysis or numbness, without identifiable physical causes as hysteria. This concept was foundational in his development of psychoanalytic theory.

Many of Freud's First Patients Had Physical Symptoms, Such as Paralysis