FND + mobility aids = empowerment. For many living with Functional Neurological Disorder, these tools aren’t defeats, they’re freedom. Use what helps you move through the world. 💙 #FND #FunctionalNeurologicalDisorder #MobilityAids #FNDAware #ChronicIllnessSupport

You haven’t lost yourself. FND didn’t take you out of the story. It changed the angle you’re seeing it from. Different perspective. Different pace. Still you. Still here. That counts. #FND #FNDaware

FND, explained simply: Your brain sends signals like “move,” “speak,” “stand.” With FND, the signal gets scrambled on the way. The body isn’t broken. The message just doesn’t land. It’s not imagined. It’s neurological. #FND #FNDaware

Living with FND means doing things most people do without thinking. Moving. Speaking. Standing. All are deliberate acts costing energy and requiring focus. So if you made it through today, that counts. Even if no one else saw the effort.

Before #FND, it was called Conversion Disorder, “Hysteria,” even “Demonic Possession” in the West. Over 3,000 years ago, early diagnoses were recorded, mainly in women. For centuries Western medicine stayed focused there. The condition didn’t change. The labels did. tinyurl.com/3te95ed6 #FNDaware

FND makes people uncomfortable because it doesn’t behave the way they expect. Not “visible enough” to feel physical Not “psychological enough” to feel mental So people default to doubt. The condition isn’t confusing. Our expectations of illness are. #FND #FNDaware

Small tricks that can help during a flare-up of symptoms: Distract → Remember, this too shall pass. Shift your breathing rhythm, take deep long breathe. You’re grounding your brain, remember the flare-up is now but not forever. If you're lucky, the flare-up stops. #FND #FNDaware

Myth: “FND is a diagnosis of exclusion.” Fact: There are tests to positively diagnose #FND. Think: • software issue • not hardware issue Medicine is still catching up to that idea. April is FND Awareness Month #FNDaware

Imagine your body becomes out of sync… but everything looks normal on the blood test and imagery. You try to walk with a limp some days much worse. "Remember, there is nothing physically wrong with your leg." That's a very cold comfort That’s my daily reality with #FND.

FND isn’t rare. It’s just rarely recognized. It affects how the brain sends signals to the body's movement, speech, even consciousness regions. The wiring is there. The signals just don’t land correctly. That’s not imaginary. That’s neurological. #FND

I emailed my reps. They are the ones with power now. If they fail us, then it's up to us. actionnetwork.org/letters/emai...

We can multitask: -ICE, CBP -Minneapolis and elsewhere -Tactics not changed -Trade Wars and potentially hot wars -Economy tanking because of tariffs (which we pay) -the East Wing is rubble -I know there are more And why does Trump keep appearing as a suspect in the Epstein Files! Don't let up!

"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me." --Homan in February "Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely." -- Tom Homan in March "I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room" -- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman

The Federal government is led by living embodiments, caricatures of Toxic Masculinity.

Maryland's attorney general has cleared cops of wrongdoing in 95% of police-involved death cases his office is responsible for investigating

How Baltimore organizers are preparing to fight back against ICE baltimorebeat.com/how-baltimor...

At first, I thought the agents were using a urinal. That would've been more appropriate.

Video of the inside of this detention center have come out showing inhumane conditions. I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Your Public Officials: Shut Down ICE Detention at 31 Hopkins Plaza and ABOLISH ICE. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

"But the truth is that book banners are cowards... Of change. Social progress. Losing their unearned privilege and power. They cling to control by restricting our access to information: accurate historical accounts, diverse storytelling, critical awareness." www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...

Reclaiming FND for Rehabilitation Medicine – new open access editorial Neurorehab colleague Phil Milburn-McNulty and I set out why Rehab Medicine is so well-suited to treating FND, why they historically haven’t and what can be done to change things. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The recording of my talk "How to be a Video Game Archaeologist," presented at ITU Copenhagen, is now online! It's the most comprehensive overview of my PhD research I've given

New @aanmember.bsky.social guidelines for the management of functional seizures led by Ben Tolchin. A landmark for people with FND worldwide. ✅Rigorous evidence-based process ✅Consensus practical recommendations ✅Endorsed by @fndsociety.bsky.social www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...

The real reason for the season. #solidarity #crushice

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Sociolinguist Shelley Dawson has an insightful chapter in this new book called "Long Covid vs. Functional Neurological Disorder: Punching Down" It details the dismissal, rhetorical tricks, and stigma that a handful of Long Covid researchers use to invalidate FND www.routledge.com/Clashing-Vul...

The last time time the White House was this extensively altered was for architectural and structural reasons, not vanity. Source: Wikipedia share.google/7FuC3xCHcFqs...

shocked to learn that the president lied about this and also this is a horrible defacing of a building that belongs to the people of the United States, not donald trump

An important study (IMO) looking at social dynamics re: FND on Twitter. People w FND face continual attack by a variety of groups who dismiss our condition and experiences - ranging from abusive clinicians to other disabled people. It makes it even harder to exist in public with this dx.

The only king I recognize. America is broken, we don't need Band-Aids. #nokings #kingkong

TLDR: Grave marker in an Italian museum collection. Missing after WW2. G.I. and his Italian bride have possession. Grave marker given to granddaughter. Granddaughter put a marker in the backyard. The house was sold to the people who "discovered" it. Mystery solved. wapo.st/47bsQVP

To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.* You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.

Chiitan loves all transgender people. I've received a lot of criticism for expressing my support, but what's more important is that all transgender people live happy lives. Blue Sky cannot display long posts, so please read this post if you'd like. love you all 🤍 ↓ www.instagram.com/reel/C9qppva...

For nearly two weeks straight Trump has escalated his attempt to take over DC. Federal agents are now violently profiling, harassing, and arresting Black and Brown DC community members and their presence is a severe danger to people here. Join us today at 3 PM to demand FEDERAL FORCES OUT NOW.

"The rise of fascism in the United States convinced the Guthrie family and their associates that the music scene needed a dose of Guthrie’s anti-authoritarian, anti-racist, Nazi-punching ethos." #woodyguthrie #folkmusic #antifascist

We must all be sub guyz now. Look how insecure and weak they are. #NotAllHerosWearCapes

Don't sit by

I will join the choir of posters, 'I thought he was already dead.'

This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.

It Was Not the “News” That Traveled Slowly — It Was “Power” -- an essay on #Juneteenth by Christopher Wilson to #TeachOutsideTextbook #TeachTruth Read excerpts in this 🧵

"Grand Union Flag" Continental Union Flag, 1775 For Flag Day, remember those who fought to remove the yoke of a king. #NoKings

Or articles of impeachment could be drafted by a member of the house of representatives. Take action.

I saw posts yesterday about the death of Brian Wilson. Didn't really register at the time. Now I'm sitting at my desk with "I get around" as an earworm. I'll have to make time to listen to Pet Sounds this weekend. RIP

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"Inside FND" - a new short film about FND A film that draws on evidence from patients, clinicians and research to counter common misconceptions about Functional Neurological Disorder (FND). 🧵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDAv...

Time to get the facts straight. 🙌 Thanks @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social, Caoimhe McLaughlin and Anna Ross, and the ETUDE team for bringing this to life.

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#OtD 28 May 1913 thousands of @iww dockers in Philadelphia won their 2-week strike for higher pay and union recognition. Local 8, led by Ben Fletcher, was probably the most ethnically integrated union in the country at the time. More in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e73-...

"American archaeologists face a diminished, uncertain future. Government support for research, preservation and museums has been largely scaled back. Archaeology and cultural heritage staff have been fired, federal agencies have been gutted..." #archaeology #anthropology 🏺

Great summary of the dangers of "ai." The same as before, corporations and governments wanting more control of your life.