Question

explain psychosomatic from a positive and negative perspective

Answer 1

In psychosomatic disorder, there are physical symptoms in absence of physical disease. There is no biological cause behind these symptoms, the individual feels psychological difficulties and complaint of physical symptoms. There are several disorders categorized in psychosomatic disorder- pain disorders, somatisation disorders,
conversion disorders, and hypochondriasis.

There is no such positive perspective, because this is a form of disorder, and deviance, distress, dysfunction and danger are the main features of disorder. Although there is no life threatening danger in this disorder. But there are many loses can be seen in this disorder. The person feels emotionally disturbance and physically discomfort. If the disorder is chronic then person spend more money, time and energy to cure it. There is also disturbance in social, occupational and personal life.