mind games; functional seizures & epilepsy: a dual diagnosis

Imagine yourself trapped within your body unable to move.
Your vision and hearing are intact but you
cannot utter a single word.
For forty-five minutes, you’re a hostage of your emotions.

And those closest to you-even your doctors-believe you’re
making it up, faking a seizure just for drugs or attention and there’s nothing wrong with you.

Lost within a medical system, you can’t find the help you need.

My epilepsy is difficult to manage, but this emotional side of me
is harder to control than the physical.

Using the tools she acquired with therapy, mindfulness and
relaxation techniques, Linda has reduced the emotional hold on her body and mind.

A continuation of Linda’s journey shared in Battles of The
Mind, this memoir is the emotionally charged narrative of Linda’s
experiences and challenges of living with the dual diagnosis of
epilepsy and functional seizures.