psychosomatic

Definition

  • adjective: caused by mental or emotional problems rather than by physical illness
  • adjective: of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body
  • synonyms: neurotic, psychoneurotic

Examples

  • The doctor told her that her stomach problems were 'psychosomatic'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) You've been abroad, but not sunbathing. Your limp's bad when you walk, but you don't ask for a chair when you stand, like you've forgotten about it, so it's at least partly psychosomatic. That says the original circumstances of the injury were traumatic. Wounded in action, then. Wounded (..)
    2010 TvShow: Sherlock Title: A Study in Pink Season: 1 Episode 1
  • (..) possibly because he's an alcoholic, more likely because he recently walked out on his wife. And I know your therapist thinks your limp's psychosomatic, quite correctly, I'm afraid. That's enough to be going on with, don't you think? The name's Sherlock Holmes, and the (..)
    2010 TvShow: Sherlock Title: A Study in Pink Season: 1 Episode 1