History Cont.
However, Betty Parris and Abigail Williams began to become upset and frightened with the results of their fortunes. This, combined with their family financial and social difficulties, likely caused the two girls to express their stress in unusual physical expressions. The girls became very ill. They suffered from symptoms such as tingling hands and fingers, hallucinations, vomiting, muscle contractions, mania, psychosis, delirium, and melancholia (4).