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conversion disorderconversion reaction
a somatoform disorder characterized by symptoms or deficits affecting voluntary motor or sensory functioning and suggesting physical illness but
produced by conversion. A person's anxiety is “converted” into any of a variety of somatic symptoms such as blindness, deafness, or paralysis, none of which have any
organic basis. The anxiety may be the result of an inner conflict too difficult to face, and symptoms are aggravated in times
of psychological stress.

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