Somatization and Autism – Explaining Symptoms, Supporting Healing
Somatic Symptom Disorders (SSDs) are a group of psychological disorders characterized by a focus on physical symptoms that result in significant distress and impairment, even when no underlying medical cause can be identified. The person has excessive thoughts, feelings and behaviors relating to the physical symptoms such as headaches, chest pain, back pain, aching joints, gastrointestinal problems, nausea or fatigue.…