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🌟NEW DROP! Hysteria... DID root 🌟 Added to the '' 3DID '' collection @foundation Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) was historically labeled "hysterical neurosis, dissociative type," linking it to old, often misogynistic concepts of "hysteria". While some past observers claimed DID is a "modern variant of hysteria" or mere attention-seeking, it is a valid, trauma-based mental health condition, not hysterical illness. "Hysteria" originates from the Greek word hystera... Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893) defined hysteria as a chronic, hereditary, neurological disorder, rather than a purely psychological one, characterised by distinct functional symptoms like paralysis, contractures, and seizures without structural lesions. He identified it as a 'dynamic lesion' affecting the brain, often triggered by emotional or physical trauma, particularly in patients at the Salpêtrière hospital. Key Components of Charcot’s Hysteria: Physiological Basis: Charcot believed hysteria was a functional, not organic, disease of the nervous system. He considered it a hereditary neurosis, often linking it to conditions like epilepsy, describing it at times as "hystero-epilepsy". Key Symptoms: Typical signs included muscular spasms, contractures, hemianesthesia (loss of sensation on one side), blindness, deafness, and dramatic, involuntary movements. The Four Phases of Major Attacks: Charcot famously classified hysterical attacks into four stages: Epileptoid Phase: Convulsions and loss of consciousness. Clownism phase: Contortions and backward arching of the body (opisthotonos). Attitudes passionnelles: Emotional, dramatic posing, or hallucinations. Terminal Delirium. Hypnosis and Simulation: Charcot used hypnosis to trigger and study hysterical symptoms, believing that the susceptibility to hypnosis was itself a diagnostic sign of hysteria. He believed these symptoms were not consciously faked, but were genuine physiological reactions. Trauma Link: He noted that a 'traumatic experience' could cause ideas to become separated from consciousness, which in turn caused physical hysterical symptoms.