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My neurologist diagnosed me with conversion disorder

Unrest • 2017
My neurologist diagnosed me with conversion disorder

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My neurologist diagnosed me with conversion disorder.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:05
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, drama, history
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When Harvard Ph.D. student Jennifer Brea is struck down by a fever that leaves her bedridden, she sets out on a virtual journey to document her story as she fights a disease that medicine forgot.
He said that all of my symptoms, even the fever, the infection for which I took antibiotics - Unrest 00:14
He said that all of my symptoms, even the fever, the infecti...
Either that or I was just really stressed out about my final exams. - Unrest 00:07
Either that or I was just really stressed out about my final...
For the next several years I spent most of my time bedridden. - Unrest 00:06
For the next several years I spent most of my time...
And then I went online and found thousands of other people all over the world just like me. - Unrest 00:08
And then I went online and found thousands of other people a...
Yeah I'm completely bed ridden. I have lost the ability to walk. - Unrest 00:06
Yeah I'm completely bed ridden. I have lost the ability...
I crawl from my bed to my bathroom and I just think, "this s my life. What a shit hole!" - Unrest 00:14
I crawl from my bed to my bathroom and I just think, "t...
I live in a dark room twenty-four seven. - Unrest 00:05
I live in a dark room twenty-four seven.
That's Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Unrest 00:10
That's Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
I've have some kind of ME/CFS for about eight years now. - Unrest 00:05
I've have some kind of ME/CFS for about eight years...
At one point I was ranked seventeenth on the entire East Coast for mogul skiing. - Unrest 00:07
At one point I was ranked seventeenth on the entire East Coa...
This is the couch. These three cushions are where I spend my life. - Unrest 00:07
This is the couch. These three cushions are where I spend my...
And out there that's that's all my old life. - Unrest 00:08
And out there that's that's all my old life.
It's been called the Yuppie Flu, Epstein Barr, and a living hell by those who suffer from it. - Unrest 00:07
It's been called the Yuppie Flu, Epstein Barr, and a li...
There's still no adequate medical explanation for it. The experts say it could be triggered by viruses. - Unrest 00:07
There's still no adequate medical explanation for it. T...
We all get tired but is it Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? Some believe that's a made up condition. - Unrest 00:08
We all get tired but is it Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? Some be...
You're in that percentage of people who are severely disabled. - Unrest 00:06
You're in that percentage of people who are severely...
Based on your duration of illness you are still in that category that we call in sort of the acute phase. - Unrest 00:11
Based on your duration of illness you are still in that...
And the CDC statistic's that if you've been sick five years you're unlikely to recover. I agree with that statistic. - Unrest 00:08
And the CDC statistic's that if you've been sick...
People reach a plateau of function that's better than they were at baseline - Unrest 00:10
People reach a plateau of function that's better than t...
I had no idea if it would be months - Unrest 00:13
I had no idea if it would be months