Answered: Choose either a somatic or dissociative…

Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)

5th Edition

ISBN:9780134477961

Author:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White

Publisher:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White

Chapter1: The Science Of Psychology

Section: Chapter Questions

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Choose either a somatic or dissociative disorder and explain

its symptoms. Describe why it is a) most interesting to you and b) how you think it might be to experience it on a daily basis

(this should be in context of the disorder’s symptomology). In order to gain full points, you should be able to provide details and examples. Provide more than one or two paragraphs.

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Somatic or somatoform disorders involve a person experiencing physical symptoms like pain or fatigue and it causes emotional distress and problems in functioning. It is a mental disorder and its physical symptoms cannot be explained by any medical reasons, however those are not the only grounds for diagnosis. A person may be excessively worrying about their symptoms and may have had unexplainable symptoms recurring for the past 6 months.

Dissociative disorders are conditions where there are disruptions in memory, awareness, identity, or perception. These dissociations may occur as a defensive response to something traumatic that may have occurred, or on the other hand, there may be no such trigger at all.