Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders

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Across
  1. 3. intentionally creating or exaggerating symptoms to gain attention or care
  2. 5. sudden inability to recall personal information after stress or trauma
  3. 6. unexpected travel combined with confusion about identity and memory loss
  4. 7. creating illness symptoms in another person, often a child, to gain attention as a caregiver
  5. 8. loss of memory for specific categories of information, such as family members or certain events
  6. 11. excessive online searching for health information that increases anxiety
  7. 12. feeling that the external world is unreal, dreamlike, or distorted
  8. 13. neurological‑like symptoms such as weakness or seizures that do not match medical findings
Down
  1. 1. symptoms like glove anesthesia or sudden blindness that do not match neurological pathways
  2. 2. strong fear of having a serious illness despite reassurance from doctors
  3. 4. presence of two or more distinct personality states with memory gaps
  4. 9. persistent physical symptoms that cause distress even when medical tests show no clear cause
  5. 10. feeling detached from one’s own thoughts, body, or actions, as if observing oneself from outside