AnatomyDiseasesPsychiatry and PsychologyDisciplines and OccupationsHumanities
HysteriaConversion DisorderUterusPsychophysiologic DisordersHistory, 19th CenturyCatatoniaMass BehaviorMMPINegativismNeurologyHistory, 20th Century
HysteraGreekUpon the uterusWombHippocrates19th centuryCharcotUterinePlatoAfflictsNineteenth centurySymptomsNervousDiagnosisWoman'sWordDisorderRemediesTermSexualEgyptianQuietlyHistoricalFemaleWomenInvolveHistoryTheoriesExplanationMedicalBodyMeansLongCureYearsTimeDoctorsBackScienceTreatmentHusbandPatientsWaterMind
Hystera6
  • The word hysteria originates from the Greek word for uterus, hystera. (wikipedia.org)
  • From Wikipedia: While the word "hysteria" originates from the Greek word for uterus, hystera, the word itself, is not an ancient one, and the term "hysterical suffocation" -- meaning a feeling of heat and inability to breathe -- was instead used in ancient Greek medicine. (sunshinestatenews.com)
  • Hystera , a Greek word, meaning "uterus," is the root of the term hysteria . (historicmysteries.com)
  • The term Hysteria is derived from Hystera and has been subsumed by it. (gradx.ie)
  • They refer to this condition as hysteria, a term which originated from the Greek word hystera, meaning uterus. (livewelltalk.com)
  • The word "hysteria" -- defined as "behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic" -- is derived from the ancient Greek word "hystera," meaning uterus. (themusingsofalattequeen.com)
Greek6
  • The word "hysteria" is derived from the Greek, meaning a wandering of the uterus. (huffpost.com)
  • This idea stuck around through the 19th century, when many women's physical and mental health conditions were dismissed as " hysteria "-a word that comes from the Greek word for womb. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • Ancient Greek physicians believed that hysteria only affected women and was caused by a variety of problems with the womb. (historicmysteries.com)
  • It's no accident that the phrase 'hysteria' originates from the Greek phrase for 'uterus. (iossisw.com)
  • Over the centuries, doctors prescribed various remedies for hysteria named for the Gay Fleshlight - Fleshjack greek for uterus. (objectivenetworks.net)
  • The term "hysteria" was attributed either to ancient Egyptians or to Hippocrates and the Greeks (hysterika is Greek for uterus), with a belief that female ailments could be the result of a wandering uterus applying pressure internally on organs and nerves leading to symptoms. (medscape.com)
Upon the uterus1
  • To quote King's Dispensatory - " Its action is chiefly directed upon the uterus, and is capable of exciting menorrhagia, inflammation and miscarriage. (healthy.net)
Womb3
  • Instead, the ancient Romans credited hysteria to a disease of the womb or a disruption in reproduction (i.e., a miscarriage, menopause, etc. (wikipedia.org)
  • Most famously, Plato, in the Timaeus , attributes hysteria to a "wandering womb," as though a woman's mad behavior were caused by "unhinged" organs. (dukeupress.edu)
  • Hysteria was associated with the theory of the wandering womb which was introduced by Hippocrates. (gradx.ie)
Hippocrates3
  • In the 5th century BCE Hippocrates first used the term hysteria. (wikipedia.org)
  • As Janice P. Nimura writes for the New York Times , Hippocrates believed that women's illnesses were all about the uterus, an organ that a later Greco-Roman writer described as "an animal within an animal" with its own wants. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • All too often, the historical trail of hysteria is taken to begin in Egyptian medicine, and then follow a continuum: to Hippocrates, the witches of the Middle Ages, the Enlightenment, the Salpêtrière, Charcot, and then Freud. (bvsalud.org)
19th century1
  • While some of the symptoms of "female hysteria" could be signs of legitimate (if misdiagnosed) mental health issues, most of it described male (as the medical field was a men-only profession up until the mid-19th century) discomfort with women's behavior and sexuality. (themusingsofalattequeen.com)
Charcot2
  • Many influential people such as Sigmund Freud and Jean-Martin Charcot dedicated research to hysteria patients. (wikipedia.org)
  • Charcot was of the opinion that hysteria had some psychogenic component and was influenced by environmental conditions, with psychological and medical symptoms of disease along a continuum. (medscape.com)
Uterine2
  • Itseems to have an especial affinity for the uterus, exerting a powerful tonicand alterative influence upon this organ, and has hence been found highlybeneficial in many uterine derangements, as in amenorrhoea some forms of dysmenorrhoea , menorrhagia , chronic congestion of the uterus,enfeebled uterine nervous system, etc. (healthy.net)
  • Endometriosis is a long-term, chronic condition, in which tissue similar to the uterine lining, 'wanders' outside the uterus. (gradx.ie)
Plato1
  • Plato and Aristotle believed that hysteria, which Plato also called female madness, was directly related to these women's lack of sexual activity and described the uterus as those who suffered from it as having a sad, bad, or melancholic uterus. (wikipedia.org)
Afflicts1
Nineteenth century1
  • In the nineteenth century, female hysteria was considered a diagnosable physical illness in women. (wikipedia.org)
Symptoms5
  • Furthermore, lifestyle choices, such as choosing not to wed, are no longer considered symptoms of psychological disorders such as hysteria. (wikipedia.org)
  • the Egyptians attributed symptoms to a "wandering uterus. (medscape.com)
  • This suggests an entirely physical cause for the symptoms but, by linking them to the uterus, suggests that the disorder can only be found in women. (sunshinestatenews.com)
  • I search for the nearest exit at the mere mention of childbirth, pap smears, surgical processes or painful symptoms of disease that involve the uterus. (dailycal.org)
  • Until the early 20th century, female hysteria was the official medical diagnosis for a truly massive array of symptoms in women including but not limited to: loss of appetite, nervousness, irritability, fluid retention, emotional excitability, outbursts of negativity, excessive sexual desire and "a tendency to cause trouble. (themusingsofalattequeen.com)
Nervous1
  • It has been successfully used in flatulent colic, hysteria, some nervous complaints, epilepsy, and as an excellent vermifuge. (healthy.net)
Diagnosis2
  • Currently, most doctors practicing medicine do not accept hysteria as a medical diagnosis. (wikipedia.org)
  • The blanket diagnosis of hysteria has been fragmented into myriad medical categories such as epilepsy, histrionic personality disorder, conversion disorders, dissociative disorders, or other medical conditions. (wikipedia.org)
Woman's2
Word3
  • The word "hysterectomy" originated from a time when women were treated for female hysteria by removing the uterus. (breitbart.com)
  • blockquote align="none" author="Shalome Sine"]Academia recognized that the roots of the word 'hysteria' were offensive to women and stalled the progress of psychology as a science. (historicmysteries.com)
  • Did you know the root of the word "hysteria" means uterus (think hysterectomy)? (muscleandstrength.com)
Disorder4
  • Women have been accused of hysteria, and in my field, "Histrionic Personality Disorder" (HPD) for a long time. (huffpost.com)
  • However, I'm beginning to believe that men might be the ones with hysteria these days, but we should probably call it "testosteronic personality disorder" (TPD) for the male equivalency of HPD. (huffpost.com)
  • Though classified with somatic symptom/somatoform disorders in DSM-III through DSM-5-TR , conversion disorder is classified as a dissociative disorder in ICD-10, keeping its long association with hysteria (Dissociative Disorders in DSM ). (medscape.com)
  • It was only until the 17th century that the disorder was recognized as a medical condition originating from the brain and not from the uterus. (livewelltalk.com)
Remedies1
Term3
  • Hysteria is a term used colloquially to mean ungovernable emotional excess and can refer to a temporary state of mind or emotion. (wikipedia.org)
  • Earlier in his lecture, Freud explains the theory of the French psychologist Pierre Janet (pronounced 'zjah- ney '), and credits with being the first to develop a psychological rather than physical explanation for the neuroses traditionally grouped under the term 'hysteria. (k-state.edu)
  • The term hysteria is an indicator of the erroneous myth surrounding the cause and nature of the phenomenon. (historicmysteries.com)
Sexual4
  • At this time, writings such as Constantine the African's Viaticum and Pantegni, described women with hysteria as the cause of amor heroycus, a form of sexual desire so strong that it caused madness, rather than someone with a problem who should be cured. (wikipedia.org)
  • In what ways was it still reductive, as hysteria was speculated for millennia to be caused by women's unfulfilled sexual desires, and Emma's brain fever occurs after being left by Rodolphe? (duke.edu)
  • They reach down to the Victorian era of sexual suppression and ridiculous ideas about the functions of a uterus. (historicmysteries.com)
  • Worth noting: much of the blame for "female hysteria" was placed on "wandering uterus syndrome" or other sexual "dysfunctions. (themusingsofalattequeen.com)
Egyptian1
Quietly1
  • She listened quietly as her uterus spoke in tortured clenches about a world it wished to be a part of. (alcoholicpoet.com)
Historical1
  • Analysis of the narratives on the history of hysteria reveals that those who elaborated them did not always take into account the fundamentally historiographical aspect of that proposal, and some inferences were considered as historical facts. (bvsalud.org)
Female2
  • On the experience of watching women in horror films, Janisse writes in her book, "As my own neurosis became more subdued I found myself unconsciously drawn to female characters who exhibited signs of behaviour I had recognized in myself: repression, delusion, jealousy, paranoia, hysteria. (dailycal.org)
  • This theory claimed that the uterus was a living creature that would, when unsatisfied, detach itself from its rightful place and 'wander' around the female body-this was thought to be the root cause of female hysteria. (gradx.ie)
Women4
  • The oldest record of hysteria dates back to 1900 BCE when Egyptians recorded behavioral abnormalities in adult women on the Kahun Papyrus. (wikipedia.org)
  • She believed that men and women were both responsible for original sin, and could both suffer from hysteria. (wikipedia.org)
  • He confirms that the lock of insanity continues to hold fast to women and their uteri. (postcolonialweb.org)
  • She used the prime misogynist slam against women, blaming wandering uteruses. (disabledfeminists.com)
Involve1
History4
  • In the history of hysteria one image haunts the eye. (cdlib.org)
  • Psychologists throughout history have thoroughly examined many cases of hysteria epidemics, but, so far, there are only guesses as to what lies behind the mysterious condition. (historicmysteries.com)
  • We'll take a look at the various types of hysteria and a number of the weirdest examples documented in history. (historicmysteries.com)
  • This paper reviews that trajectory and proposes that a history of hysteria would unfold in two stages, distinguishing hysteria, as a disease of the uterus, from hysteria, as a neurosis. (bvsalud.org)
Theories1
  • Hysteria theories from the ancient Egyptians, ancient Greeks, and ancient Romans were the basis of the Western understanding of hysteria. (wikipedia.org)
Explanation1
Medical2
  • Between the fifth and thirteenth centuries, however, the increasing influence of Christianity in the Latin West altered medical and public understanding of hysteria. (wikipedia.org)
  • This is straight up funny," said Wallingford, explaining that medical professionals once believed in "wandering uteruses. (omahamagazine.com)
Body1
  • Of course, in modern society, it's well known that the uterus doesn't actually travel throughout the body mischievously. (omahamagazine.com)
Means1
  • It is part of the world of the patient, a means through which to learn how to structure one's hysteria so as to make one an exemplary patient. (cdlib.org)
Long1
  • Haley's freakout over an app is only the latest in a long line of hysterias that seems to greet every new technology, particularly those popular with teenagers. (vdare.com)
Cure1
Years1
Time1
  • In what way was Flaubert's specification of Emma's affiliation as "brain fever" rather than perhaps "uterus fever," when most would diagnose her with "hysteria" at the time, progressive? (duke.edu)
Doctors1
  • For example, doctors put strong smelling substances on the patients' vulvas to encourage the uterus to return to its proper position. (wikipedia.org)
Back2
  • Another tactic was to smell or swallow unsavory herbs to encourage the uterus to flee back to the lower part of the female's abdomen. (wikipedia.org)
  • Well-documented but not well-understood, the concept of mass hysteria goes back for many generations and defines instances when many people believe in a false affliction or circumstance. (historicmysteries.com)
Science1
Treatment1
Husband1
  • Representing a classic scene of a woman falling into pieces of hysteria, her husband escorts her to a mental institution. (postcolonialweb.org)
Patients1
  • Furthermore, during the Renaissance period many patients of hysteria were prosecuted as witches and underwent interrogations, torture, exorcisms, and execution. (wikipedia.org)
Water1
Mind1