Doldrums is defined as a gloomy feeling, low spirits or a time of inactivity. An example of doldrums is being stuck in the house during a week long snow storm. doldrums
Conversion disorder is a type of somatoform disorder where physical symptoms or signs are present that cannot be explained by a medical condition. Very importantly, unlike factitious disorders and malingering, the symptoms of somatoform disorders are not intentional or under conscious control of the patient.
Doing this is called homeostasis. Small changes inside. your body can cause its cells to be damaged or destroyed. Yet, there are big changes going on outside your body. â¢You need to detect a change in the environment (a. stimulus) and react to the change (a response) in a way. that maintains homeostasis. When you do this without. thinking, it is called a reflex.