Written by our volunteer, Tess Rae, this powerful book offers a raw and unflinchingly honest insight into living with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) and the profound changes it brings to everyday life.

Brain Interrupted is highly recommended for people living with FND, those who care for and support them, and professionals working alongside individuals with FND.

Tess has generously chosen to donate the proceeds from the book to our charity.

The book is available in print on demand, Amazon [https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0GLP3BY1W], with availability on Apple Books coming soon.

Brain Interrupted: The Brutal Truth About FND by Tess Rae (Author)

This is not a story about overcoming.

It is a story about surviving a body that stopped obeying, a system that stopped listening, and a childhood where silence was safer than speaking.

From early experiences of bullying and abuse to the long, disorienting road toward a diagnosis of Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), this biography traces the unraveling of trust—first in the world, then in medicine, and finally in the body itself. When movement becomes unpredictable, sensation unreliable, and symptoms invisible to those trained to see, life narrows in ways few understand.

Living with FND is not a clean narrative of recovery. It is a daily negotiation with uncertainty, grief, resilience, and adaptation. This book offers an unfiltered account of what it means to exist in the space between illness and identity, where strength is redefined and survival becomes an act of quiet defiance.

Written with raw honesty and deep humanity, this memoir is for anyone who has been dismissed, misunderstood, or forced to rebuild themselves from the inside out. It is a testament to living alongside fragility—and choosing, again and again, to remain present in a body that cannot be taken for granted.

For further information about FND or the charity please see www.fndaus.org.au

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