Red Velvet's Joy reveals she has been diagnosed with somatic symptom disorder

[snowphone.livejournal.com]

In upcoming episode of KBS "Happy Together 4", Red Velvet's Joy opens up to share she has been diagnosed with somatization disorder

This episode will air later tonighthttps://t.co/Go2d30Duen

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[soyunatetera.livejournal.com]

I had to google the symtomp and it sounds painful
I hope hers is mild

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

So basically she's a hypochonder? Or is that different?

[snowphone.livejournal.com]

it's unclear to me whether the term she used is what we consider hypochondriasis or whether it refers to actual symptoms of illness that are psychosomatic. googling it has also left me a bit confused about how these two things are differentiated under current definitions. she doesn't seem to have elaborated either.

[snowphone.livejournal.com]

i guess in the soompi article it says:
"The star additionally discussed her recent diagnosis with somatization disorder, which is characterized by an extreme focus on physical symptoms, such as pain or fatigue, causing emotional distress and difficulty functioning. Joy explained, “I am frequently drawn to healthy foods because my body is so sensitive. Once, my chest felt so tight and heavy that I visited the clinic where I learned that the root of all my pain was the disorder.” When asked how she relieves her stress and anger, she answered, “I look at pictures of my dog. At the clinic, they told me to take deep breaths.”

but she herself didn't describe what we would consider hypochondriasis - soompi adds that description. it does sound like she has some anxiety though so i guess it's not unreasonable to think she may have some hypochondriasis along with unexplained or psychosomatic symptoms? just speculating

[aures.livejournal.com]

no it's very different

Joy's disorder is when you get physical illness because of mental disorders. for example being extremely anxious and stressed and it causing physical illness

hypochondria is anxiety for illness, which is very different

[lydzi.livejournal.com]

It means that her anxiety takes a huge tool on her body from what I know. The exhaution or the symptons come directly from her stress. It's the way her mind communicates and says it's too much: it's through her body. I would totally tell her to do yoga or meditation tbh. Anger is hard to deal with it when you don't put it out. It gangrenes the body in a weird way depending the person.

But it's not something particular, a lot of people somatize and they don't know about it. It's not easy but you have to listen to your body first since you don't really listen to your mental here. Then - and that's very important otherwise the symptons are not going to go away - you have to understand what you are somatizing.

[prlsb4swiine.livejournal.com]

oh wait a minute i think i have this