It would be some time before I realized that "Conversion Disorder" was the condition I had. In those days, there was no internet to look things up and so instead of focusing on what "Conversion Disorder" was by definition, my doctors started helping me integrate myself back into life and reclaim all my physical and mental abilities that I could.
Even in the early days, I had no clue what was behind what had happened to me. In fact, the details that came into view later, did not fully form until a good year after I was paralyzed. Yes, I knew I had experienced a lot of "stress" in life, but I did not realize that this stress was much more involved then I knew in the moment.
Minimizing what I had been through which I believe is a very strong trait of those who suffer with Conversion Disorder, kept me from seeing the whole picture. I mean, if it would have come into plain view at that moment, I doubt I could have kept myself alive. I'm not going into details here. You can read more about that in my book.
There are many myths that people are told which are nothing more than myths in my view. There are many in the healing world that believe these myths. These myths hold people back when trying to heal from Conversion Disorder.
As a way to begin helping others find their way back, I've written about Conversion Disorder on another website called Somatosync. There is one article I published recently, called "10 Myths Of Conversion Disorder" that you can check out.
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Thank you for sharing your experience living with and overcoming conversion disorder.
ReplyDeleteI remember in 1991, not having any resources and that was tough. Working on book #2 about all of this and more of how I came through it. My first book is the beginning. This next book will go into much more detail.
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