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CONVERSION

CONVERSION
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(psychoanalysis) the process by which a repressed mental event, idea, feeling, memory or impulse is represented by a bodily change or symptom. For example, a mother who is remorseful for slapping her child may later develop complete numbness of that hand. —HDA Tapes (Oakland Lectures) Approved Glossary (16.4.92)