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