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Hysteria, type of mental disorder, in which emotionally laden mental conflicts appear as physical symptoms (called conversion reactions), or as...

Spasm, involuntary and abnormal violent contraction of muscles. Tonic spasm, or cramp, is characterized by an unusually prolonged and strong...

Emotion (quotations): Emotion: Hysteria is a natural phenomenon, the…

Hysteria is a natural phenomenon, the common denominator of the female nature. It's the big female weapon, and the test of a man is his ability to...

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- emotional instability caused by trauma: an emotionally unstable state brought about by a traumatic experience
- state of extreme emotion: a state of extreme or exaggerated emotion such as excitement or panic, especially among large numbers of people
- laughing or crying: uncontrollable laughter or crying

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	Advertisement Windows Live® Search Results Hysteria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hysteria, in its colloquial use, describes a state of mind, one of unmanageable fear or emotional excesses. The fear is often caused by multiple events in one's past that involved ... Female hysteria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Female hysteria was a once-common medical diagnosis, made exclusively in women, which is no longer recognized by modern medical authorities. It was a popular diagnosis in Western ... hysteria.html from IDEAS IN PSYCHOANALYSIS Hysteria Julia Borossa: In the nineteenth century, hysteria was a disorder that doctors - frustrated and titilated in equal measure - were unable to ... See all search results in Windows Live® Search Results

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