FND Support

“I just lit up inside when there was mention about the group. I’d had no one to talk to who could ‘get it’. I started to doubt the diagnosis myself and with my employers piling on the pressure and making me feel as if I was deliberately being slow and forgetful, even after receiving letters from both my GP and the hospital, I’d sunk into a miserable depression. Leaving the university was something that, in many ways, the right thing to do but I know that, had it been an illness they had heard of, I would probably still be there on a part time basis. Meeting up with others with the same condition has helped me to stop feeling guilty. I knew theoretically that FND fitted in with my health problems but somehow meeting with others has cemented my understanding of what I have to deal with and despite the efforts of my former employer, it’s not actually my fault.”

“It was a relief listening to other people talking about their symptoms and realising I wasn’t the only one. I’ve read and heard about others ‘FND journey’ a journey that is far too often taken alone. Finally, here was a group of people who could share that journey – no holds barred, talking freely and without the fear of being judged. Thank you.”