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Comment by nickhodge

11 hours ago

FND == neurologist gaslighting the patient. Formerly known as hysteria.

FND is a useful label because it helps provide clarity, feeling of responsiveness, and direction towards effective treatments like CBT, rather than calling a patient experiencing real discomfort/disability ‘hysterical’.

i do think we have to think hard about how we want to deal with the rapid expansion of FNDs and social contagion.