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Conversion disorder

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Anxiety is converted into a psychical symptom

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Somatic symptom disorder

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The distressing symptoms take a bodily form without apparent physical causes

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Illness anxiety disorder

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People interpret normal sensations as a symptom of a dreaded disease

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Dissociative disorders

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A sudden loss of memory or change in identity often in response to a stressful situation

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Dissociative identity disorder (DID)

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Two or more identities alternately control a person’s behavior

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Anorexia nervosa

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Not eating anything or eating very little, because you believe you are fat regardless of your size

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Bulimia nervosa

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Eating lots of food and then throwing up right after in order to not gain weight, because you believe you are fat

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Binge eating disorder

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Significant binge eating followed by remorse

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Personality disorders

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Disruptive, inflexible, and editing behaviors that impair one’s social functioning

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Antisocial personality disorder

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People with this lie, steal, fight, or display unrestrained sexual behaviors.

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