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Originally Posted by carousel
Hi Tayla...
the word "somatic" when used by itself means "of the body" and nothing more....
"psychosomatic" means the mind is connected to the body.... meaning in layman's terms that the mind put some symptom or illness in the body...
the two words are Not interchangeable.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatic
Perhaps the above link helps clarify the meaning of the word somatic ...
be well all,
carousel |
Hello,
I think some how our wires are crossed because I didn't use the word somatic in my post
I know the word somatic and it's definition but I was talking only of the psychiatric illness called Somatisation which was mentioned in Allen's post.
Somatisations is an illness in which people present with symptoms with no identifiable cause-----There have been many patients with RSD/CRPS whom have been wrongly diagnosed with Somatisation simply because they have some of the symptoms but not the signs of RSD/CRPS that some doctors use as a diagnosis.
Hope that clears things up.
Cheers Tayla
