Michelle’s Story | FND Awareness Day UK 2026

A personal story of living with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND).
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I had fnd symptoms for 10+ years before I was diagnosed and had never heard of it.

Mine was related to stress and burn out. I lost both my parents and I have two young children myself.

So much happened at once and I still kept going and ignoring symptoms my body basically gave up and forced me to stop. I now have right sided body weakness, tremors, spasms and disorientation.

I have no one to turn to for help and that’s why FND needs to be supported more. I’m embarrassed of what’s happened to me and I shouldn’t be because my children can see I’m still fighting through it to be the mum they need.

A lot of people have FND, some worse than others, but we’re all in this together because no-one understands it better than us.

~ By Michelle, Age 35