Hysteria 2

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from phobias to paralysis. Almost any organ or part of the body can be the scapegoat for the hysteric. Hysteria usually comes from feelings or memories which are particularly unpleasant for one reason or another. Freud would argue that more often then not (if not always) hysteria is related to sex or sexuality.
If there was one person to name as the ‘father’ of the modern view of hysteria it would hands down be Sigmund Freud. His analyses of hysterical persons has defined everything from the process of diving into the un/sub-conscious mind to retrieve the root of the problem to connecting the problem to the symptoms of hysteria. One of most widely known case studies is that of a young lady whom Freud has given the alias of ‘Dora’. Dora first met Freud at the age of 16 when her father brought her to Freud because she “…had…grown unmistakably neurotic.” (Freud, 13). Two years proceeding their [Freud and Dora] first introduction her father brought her to Freud for ...

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can affect the physical body but resides in the confines of the mind. At the age of twelve Dora suffered severe migraine headaches and random attacks of nervous coughing. These usually went together but as the illness developed the afflictions came separately. By the age of 16 the coughing had totally although the coughing or tussis nervosa got worse and would last up to several months. “The most troublesome symptom during the first half of an attack of this kind… [is] a complete loss of voice.” (Freud, 15) This again shows how something mind can affect the body in a dangerous manner. Other cases of hysterics can lead to more disturbing results, i.e., paralysis and hydrophobia ...

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