Butterflies can be psychosomatic when they are in your stomach- a podcast
25 Jan 2005
Today’s word, psychosomatic, is a suggestion posted at TodaysPodcast.com. In fact the poster, Tim, was kind enough to include the definition too.
It is an adjective of or relating to a disorder having physical symptoms but originating from mental or emotional causes. Or relating to or concerned with the influence of the mind on the body, and the body on the mind.
I want to point out psychosomatic is not the same as hypocondria. A hypochondriac is someone who thinks they are ill. A psychosomatic is someone who is sick and the cause is mental such as stress. Butterflies in your stomach is a perfect example of a psychosomatic symptom and a good example of an idiom too.