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somatic sensation

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Noun1.somatic sensation - the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations; "he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes"
somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somesthesia
perception - the process of perceiving
feeling - a physical sensation that you experience; "he had a queasy feeling"; "I had a strange feeling in my leg"; "he lost all feeling in his arm"
prickling, tingling, tingle - a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles
pressure sensation, pressure - the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin; "the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal"
pain sensation, painful sensation, pain - a somatic sensation of acute discomfort; "as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain"
temperature - the somatic sensation of cold or heat
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Cognitive reframing could also generalize to other areas in which women with dyspareunia may be experiencing interference emanating from a maladaptive focus and catastrophization of somatic sensations.
Negative affect and somatically focused anxiety in young women ... by Meana, Marta; Lykins, Amy / The Journal of Sex Research
Albucher noted that panic patients are typically sensitive to somatic sensations and may have low tolerance for side effects, which in his experience has made the anticholinergic qualities of paroxetine problematic.
Treating panic disorder by Sherman, Carl / Clinical Psychiatry News
More recent investigations have focused on the possibility that patients with voice disorders--particularly functional dysphonia--develop a conditioned hypersensitivity to pharyngeal and laryngeal sensations, suggesting that hypersensitivity to somatic sensations may play a critical role in anxiety disorders.
The prevalence of major psychiatric pathologies in patients with ... by Staab, Jeffrey P. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
 
 
 
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