The Seizure Turnaround
We explore the topic of functional seizures through conversations with people who provide an unfiltered record of their experience.
The Seizure Turnaround
Beyond seizures: The remission room
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This episode of The Seizure Turnaround features Kate Berger, author of View from the Floor and All the Days in Between, describing how she developed panic attacks and then PNES/functional seizures during her senior year of high school at age 18. She describes exposure therapy and cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), later emphasizing Internal Family Systems therapy (IFS) and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing therapy (EMDR) as major therapeutic supports. Kate shares the challenges of living with seizures for 12 years before becoming seizure-free unexpectedly five years ago. She discusses the ‘burden of normality’ in remission and closes with reflections on identity—encouraging creativity, resisting stigma, and believing a beautiful life is possible with seizures and without them.
Links to Kate’s books:
View from the Floor
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27188405-view-from-the-floor
All the Days in Between
Presented by Clinical Neuropsychologist and researcher, Dr Lana Higson.
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