John has been under a lot of stress at work lately. One morning he awakens to find he is totally blind. His physician can find nothing physically wrong with his eyes, and John appears to
Have no trouble maneuvering around the furniture in the physician's office. John is not
Consciously faking and swears he cannot see. John is suffering from ______.

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John is experiencing conversion disorder, where psychological stress is converted into physical symptoms. In this case, his stress is manifested as blindness, despite no physical impairment in his eyes. Somatization disorder involves multiple physical symptoms with no apparent physical cause, while hypochondriasis involves a preoccupation with fears of having a serious illness. Munchausen syndrome involves the intentional feigning or creation of physical symptoms for attention or gain.

John Has Been Under a Lot of Stress at Work