In translation from the ancient Greek, the term "hysteria" means "fury of the uterus." For many years, this disease was considered exclusively female and attributed to its symptoms any sharp, demonstrative reactions to stress. Over time, the understanding of this phenomenon became more and more complicated, the realization came that the neurotic character, as well as hysterical psychosis, occurs almost equally in both women and men. What is the basis of hysteria? What is the reason for sharp emotional swings, neurotic seizures and demonstrative behavior? Who really is a person whose life is controlled by this strange and complex phenomenon called hysteria? All these questions are answered by leading psychiatrists and psychoanalysts of the past. On the example of the most striking cases from clinical practice, they talk about all the features of a hysterical character, about how to find an approach to such a person and compensate for this mental disorder.

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