FND and Fear

[Lady4]

Hi

I am currently going through some education classes on motor control, which was a part of a recommendation following a well-being session with my son, as always I am sitting there taking screenshots and making notes to refer back to. These were a couple of key takeaways, that were so clearly put:

" The simple thought of fear has a massive impact on motor control. You stiffen up, you start to take smaller steps and it can effect your balance". #

"With FND it can feel like we have lost our autonomy. It can feel like we don't have control over our environment, or our symptoms or our body and it could feel scary".

# add to this the fact that we are more likely to pay additional attention to our legs/feet and this could increase our symptoms, which could make things worse.

Fear is a natural response and it has its place, especially as it gets our body ready for the "flight or fright" stage in the presence of danger.

So how can we eliminate fear in FND? What have you tried that is successful and can share with others?