#nead

Non-epileptic seizures are seizures in the sense that they generally match the symptoms of epileptic seizures, rather than in the sense that they come from the same neurological problem. In this context the word “seizure” is used to describe purely outward symptoms, rather than the uncontrolled electrical discharge associated with epileptic brain activity. In my experience, my seizures match quite closely with the symptoms of epileptic absence and tonic-clonic seizures. No, it’s not the same as epilepsy, but they’re still seizures in a certain sense of the word.

I see a lot of people with FND and NEAD (or NES) clarify that not all cases of FND or NES are caused by trauma or stress. That is very true and so important to talk about.

But I just want to say that if your FND and/or PNES are caused by stress or trauma, that doesn't make you any less disabled and it doesn't make your symptoms any less real.

How long are your seizures? Because ours are quite long. Maybe we're just weird but here's a poll anyway:

I've been at the edge of the disabled community as the partner and friend of many disabled people but I don't know how to make me feel like it's okay for me to interact with that space for myself.

I look at other people struggling so much more than me and I don't feel worthy of the word disabled even tho I know that we're all struggling, it doesn't matter how much.