Hysteria

thumb|alt=refer to caption|An 1893 depiction of a woman with hysteria

Patient of Sigmund Freud (1882–1945)

phenomenon that transmits collective illusions of threats, whether real or imaginary, through a population in society as a result of rumors and fear

book by Sigmund Freud

outdated diagnosis for patients with multiple symptoms of a neurological condition

thumb|272x272px|In The Concert Hall by Theodor Hosemann, 1842, caricaturing Liszt and his fans Lisztomania or Liszt fever was the intense fan frenzy directed toward Hungarian composer Franz Liszt during his performances. This frenzy first occurred in Berlin in 1841 and the term was later coined by Heinrich Heine in a feuilleton he wrote on 25 April 1844, discussing the 1844 Parisian concert season. Lisztomania was characterized by intense levels of hysteria demonstrated by fans, akin to the treatment of some celebrity musicians starting in the second half of the 20th century – but in a time no

hypothesis, posited and soon abandoned in the 1890s by Freud, that a repressed memory of early childhood sexual abuse is the essential precondition for hysteria or obsessional neurosis (along with active sexual experience up to age 8 for the latter)

display of extreme strength by humans and some animals, usually occurring when in life-and-death situations

effect in which a group exhibits physical symptoms due to a psychological cause