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Hysteria is a term used to mean ungovernable emotional excess and can refer to a temporary state of mind or emotion. [1] In the nineteenth century, female hysteria was considered a diagnosable physical illness in women.
A hysterically yawning woman (institutionalized) Water massages as a treatment for hysteria (c. 1860) Female patient with sleep hysteria. The history of hysteria diagnoses can be traced to ancient times. Dating back to 1900 BC in ancient Egypt, the first descriptions of hysteria within the female body were found recorded on the Kahun Papyri. [4]
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Hysterical blindness is an outmoded term for a condition now designated as a form of conversion disorder.. Hysterical Blindness may also refer to: . Hysterical Blindness, an HBO movie from 2002 starring Gena Rowlands, Uma Thurman and Juliette Lewis
A Canadian woman's hysterical laughter watching her daughter struggle to stand on an icy driveway is to be released as a ringtone after the video became a viral hit.
Hysterical realism [1] is a term coined in 2000 by English critic James Wood to describe what he sees as a literary genre typified by a strong contrast between elaborately absurd prose, plotting, or characterization, on the one hand, and careful, detailed investigations of real, specific social phenomena on the other.
In many pictures with Kim Jong-Un, his subjects look like they’re crying -- and a Korean Studies professor explains the reason for the display of emotion.
Pseudobulbar affect (PBA), or emotional incontinence, is a type of neurological disorder characterized by uncontrollable episodes of crying or laughing.PBA occurs secondary to a neurologic disorder or brain injury.