"The brain automatically uses physical symptoms as a way to involuntarily express distress or discomfort." These automatic brain responses may develop due to an accumulation of stressful factors and or learned behavior, or troubling experiences over time. It's like water bursting through a dam during a flood where it was held back for years. #PTSD Historically, these types of episodes where referred to as "hysterical". For example, the musician, Ray Charles, experienced hyste