Tom's mother constantly misinterprets physical sensations and goes to the doctor because she is convinced she has some dreaded disease. Tom's mother is exhibiting

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Tom's mother is exhibiting hypochondriasis, which is a mental disorder characterized by excessive anxiety about one's health and preoccupation with having a serious illness despite little or no evidence of such an illness. Senility refers to the deterioration of mental faculties in old age, while la belle indifference is a lack of emotional response to physical symptoms and conversion disorder involves physical symptoms or deficits that cannot be explained by a medical condition.

Tom's Mother Constantly Misinterprets Physical Sensations and Goes to the Doctor