Functional Neurological Disorder
FND happens when the brain and body stop speaking the same language. The brain is sending signals, but the body either isn’t receiving them, is scrambling them, or is firing them off in the wrong direction, like the message took a detour and ended up at the wrong address. Or just left all together.
Because of that miscommunication, you can experience very real symptoms; seizures, tremors, weakness, paralysis, speech changes, sensory issues, and more. When scans and tests look “normal", that doesn't mean nothing is happening.
The truth is, it’s not “in your head," it’s not imagined, and it’s definitely not faking. It’s your nervous system misfiring and stuck in survival mode, sending mixed messages, and leaving you in a body that doesn’t always cooperate or feel like your own.
FND is real. Your symptoms are real. And you deserve to be taken seriously.
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I have my own journey with FND. It’s dark. I left my body because nothing felt safe anymore. Not the world, not my own skin.
I was me screaming from the inside, from a place so deep I didn’t think anyone could ever reach me. I know the fear. I know the fight. I know the exhaustion that eats at you until you feel like there’s nothing left.
I hit rock bottom and then found out rock bottom had twelve more basements. I went there, but I didn’t stay. I clawed my way back through all the layers and you can too.
By learning how to breathe again, how to trust your body again, how to live again. And if you’re reading this, maybe you’re ready to start climbing too.
You are not alone in this. I’ll walk with you through the dark while you discover your power and find the light you've always carried.