meaning of somatization
Somatization is a tendency to experience and communicate psychological distress in the form of somatic symptoms and to seek medical help for them.More commonly expressed, it is the generation of physical symptoms of a psychiatric condition such as anxiety. The term somatization was introduced by Wilhelm Stekel in 1924.omatization can be, but is not always, related to a psychological condition such as: 1  Affective disorders (anxiety and depression).