Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: Ming shares her story of living with PNES

My psychogenic seizures began like this: I was exposed to “Workplace Bullying.” Even though I had exemplary yearly evaluations my supervisor began the bullying and as it increased I reported it to the head boss. They planned to have 5 back to 5 meetings in one day with him and others (there’s a term for this “Mobbing”). The evening before the meetings, I began to prepare my clothes for the...

Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures: How can you have a stress disorder if you’re not feeling stressed?

The question I hear from almost all my patients who have received the diagnosis of psychogenic seizures the first few times we meet is: “How can I have a stress condition if I am not feeling at all stressed? The answer is: There is a difference between feeling stressed and being under stress.   And developing awareness and understanding of this in persons with PNES is an essential part of treatment. What is...