Love As Healing: Documenting a Family's Devoted Emotional Struggle with Functional Movement Disorder (FMD)

'Functional Movement Disorder' (FMD) is a disease not yet clearly identified why it happens and how it can be cured, nevertheless causing fearful involuntary movements of the body such as severe muscle spasms and paralysis, affecting physical functioning and making basic daily life impossible. It causes insomnia, indigestion, perspiration, depression, and shortness of breath, and pain to both the patient and family members.

This book offers a vivid account of a couple's devoted emotional str...