Amplification is used to describe a judged tendency of a person to amplify physical symptoms based on psychological factors such as
anxiety or
depression. Distinct interpretations of this type of presentation could be
sensory processing disorder involving differences in the way a person reacts to sensory input which is regarded as a
pervasive developmental disorder related to the
autism spectrum; or there is an alternative psychological concept of 'innate sensitiveness' as a personality trait coined by
Carl Jung later developed into the
highly sensitive person trait. In one instance where amplification is used as a handle or point of reference or diagnosis it is said "somatosensory amplification refers to the tendency to experience somatic sensation as intense, noxious, and disturbing. What may be a minor 'twinge' or mild 'soreness' to the stoic, is a severe, consuming pain to the amplifier."