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== Somatization and Somatic Symptom Disorder or Bodily Distress Disorder == These are a group of mental disorders in which emotional problems are converted into physical symptoms in place of emotions, sometimes called Conversion Disorder. For example, a child might have abdominal pain whenever they are sad but not be able to recognize their sadness, or an adult survivor of rape may experience chronic pain in their genitals which is not caused by physical illness, and that resolves or improves with psychological support to work through the emotional consequences of the rape.<ref>{{Cite book | title = DSM-5|trans-title=|chapter=Somatoform Symptom Disorders| date = 2013 |publisher=American Psychiatric Press|location=Washington, D.C.|isbn=|edition=|volume= | url = |chapter-url=|pages = | last = APA | first = | authorlink = |veditors=|others=|quote=}}</ref> The symptoms of ME/CFS, [[fibromyalgia]] and [[irritable bowel syndrome]] are not caused by this ''somatization'' process but some professionals may view the symptoms as "unexplained" or "having no medical cause" and assume that psychotherapy for a somatization disorder and/or [[Antidepressant|antidepressants]] might help.<ref name="Sykes2002">{{Cite journal| title = Letter to the British Journal of General Practice | date = Sep 2002|url=https://europepmc.org/backend/ptpmcrender.fcgi?accid=PMC1314421&blobtype=pdf|journal=The British Journal of General Practice|volume=52|issue=482 | pages = 762β763 | last = Skyes | first = Richard | authorlink = |doi=|pmc=PMC1314419|pmid=12236282|quote=|via=}}</ref> Historically, this approach has been used for many illnesses that [[Medically unexplained physical symptoms|medicine was not able to recognise properly]] or not able to understand at the time, for example [[multiple sclerosis]] was treated under this model as a "hysterical paralysis".<ref name="Hooper2002BJGM">{{Cite web| date = Jun 21, 2002|url=https://www.margaretwilliams.me/2002/letter-to-bjgp_hooper.pdf| title = Letter to The British Journal of General Practice | last = Hooper | first = Malcolm | authorlink = Malcolm Hooper|quote=|via=}}</ref> [[Jennifer Brea]] was misdiagnosed with conversion disorder, and as a result tried to [[Pushing through symptoms|push through]] her symptoms, causing her physical to decline dramatically.<ref name="BBC2017">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-41888146| title = I made a film from my bed to show my illness is real| date = November 9, 2017|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>
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