Somatic symptom disorder: In abnormal psychology, the term "somatic symptom disorder" is distinguished as a disorder in which the extreme focus is on the different physical symptoms, for example, fatigue or pain that often leads to develop problems functioning and emotional distress.
An individual who is dealing with "somatic symptom disorder" might or might not be diagnosed or dealing with any other mental health condition related to the given symptoms yet his or her reaction to these symptoms will not be considered normal.
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A person having somatic symptom disorder focuses more on physical symptoms such as weakness, pain or shortness of breath and it results in problems functioning or distress.
The person gets excessive feelings an thoughts about the physical symptoms which may or may not be related to a diagnosed medical condition but the person experiences the symptoms and believes it that he is sick.
A person cannot be diagnosed with this disorder only because the medical cause cannot be identified for the physical symptom but because of the the excessive thoughts, behaviours and feeling related to illness.
