When anxiety or severe emotional conflicts are transformed into physical symptoms resembling disease or disability,a rare somatoform disorder occurs known as

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The given description is of a conversion disorder, which is a somatoform disorder in which emotional conflicts or anxiety is transformed into physical symptoms resembling a disease or disability. A traumatic neurosis is a term used in the past for PTSD, which is not related to somatoform disorders. A psychosomatic illness involves a real physical condition that is influenced by psychological factors. A dissociative fugue state involves sudden and unexpected travel or wandering away from one's life and responsibilities without conscious awareness of doing so.

When Anxiety or Severe Emotional Conflicts Are Transformed into Physical