hysterical paralysis, n.All

Hysterical paralysis (n.) follows ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the everyday idea of a limb, the hand ending at the wrist, not the anatomy of nerves.

Hysterical paralysis (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an idea locked away: so much unspent feeling clings to it that it cannot connect with anything else, and the limb goes with it.

Hysterical paralysis (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠carry a forgotten scene: a girl blamed housework for her dead right arm, but hypnosis revealed her father had seized that arm and pushed her out the door.