Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) archaeologist archaeogaming Historian RPG All things Baltimore and Maryland 🦀⚾🏈🗃️🏺 Retro gaming 🕹️🎮https://bsky.app/profile/archaeothoughts.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeothoughts.bsky.social/post/3mk5qzpclqc2jFND + mobility aids = empowerment. For many living with Functional Neurological Disorder, these tools aren’t defeats, they’re freedom. Use what helps you move through the world. 💙 #FND #FunctionalNeurologicalDisorder #MobilityAids #FNDAware #ChronicIllnessSupport23 Apr 2026 10:02 +0000at://did:plc:ab2m37djv3du26jctcciptem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5qzpclqc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeothoughts.bsky.social/post/3mjwnygvmrs2iYou haven’t lost yourself. FND didn’t take you out of the story. It changed the angle you’re seeing it from. Different perspective. Different pace. Still you. Still here. That counts. #FND #FNDaware20 Apr 2026 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:ab2m37djv3du26jctcciptem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwnygvmrs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeothoughts.bsky.social/post/3miw3wfqhs22tFND, explained simply: Your brain sends signals like “move,” “speak,” “stand.” With FND, the signal gets scrambled on the way. The body isn’t broken. The message just doesn’t land. It’s not imagined. It’s neurological. #FND #FNDaware07 Apr 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:ab2m37djv3du26jctcciptem/app.bsky.feed.post/3miw3wfqhs22thttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeothoughts.bsky.social/post/3miqvjz3dvc2mLiving with FND means doing things most people do without thinking. Moving. Speaking. Standing. All are deliberate acts costing energy and requiring focus. So if you made it through today, that counts. Even if no one else saw the effort.05 Apr 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:ab2m37djv3du26jctcciptem/app.bsky.feed.post/3miqvjz3dvc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeothoughts.bsky.social/post/3miok6q6sxk2vBefore #FND, it was called Conversion Disorder, “Hysteria,” even “Demonic Possession” in the West. Over 3,000 years ago, early diagnoses were recorded, mainly in women. For centuries Western medicine stayed focused there. The condition didn’t change. The labels did. tinyurl.com/3te95ed6 #FNDaware04 Apr 2026 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:ab2m37djv3du26jctcciptem/app.bsky.feed.post/3miok6q6sxk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeothoughts.bsky.social/post/3mimhbk4qw22zFND makes people uncomfortable because it doesn’t behave the way they expect. Not “visible enough” to feel physical Not “psychological enough” to feel mental So people default to doubt. The condition isn’t confusing. Our expectations of illness are. #FND #FNDaware03 Apr 2026 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:ab2m37djv3du26jctcciptem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mimhbk4qw22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeothoughts.bsky.social/post/3mik6cnlbqs27Small tricks that can help during a flare-up of symptoms: Distract → Remember, this too shall pass. Shift your breathing rhythm, take deep long breathe. You’re grounding your brain, remember the flare-up is now but not forever. If you're lucky, the flare-up stops. #FND #FNDaware02 Apr 2026 21:41 +0000at://did:plc:ab2m37djv3du26jctcciptem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mik6cnlbqs27https://bsky.app/profile/archaeothoughts.bsky.social/post/3mih4xl3ipc2oMyth: “FND is a diagnosis of exclusion.” Fact: There are tests to positively diagnose #FND. Think: • software issue • not hardware issue Medicine is still catching up to that idea. April is FND Awareness Month #FNDaware01 Apr 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:ab2m37djv3du26jctcciptem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mih4xl3ipc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeothoughts.bsky.social/post/3miese6nenk2xhttps://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/old-treasury-annapolis-museum-TX7FC5MA5ZHMHLGEEBNTF5BN7A/31 Mar 2026 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:ab2m37djv3du26jctcciptem/app.bsky.feed.post/3miese6nenk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeothoughts.bsky.social/post/3mieeyzebxs26Imagine your body becomes out of sync… but everything looks normal on the blood test and imagery. You try to walk with a limp some days much worse. "Remember, there is nothing physically wrong with your leg." That's a very cold comfort That’s my daily reality with #FND.31 Mar 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:ab2m37djv3du26jctcciptem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mieeyzebxs26https://bsky.app/profile/archaeothoughts.bsky.social/post/3micgj63huc2bFND isn’t rare. It’s just rarely recognized. It affects how the brain sends signals to the body's movement, speech, even consciousness regions. The wiring is there. The signals just don’t land correctly. That’s not imaginary. That’s neurological. #FND30 Mar 2026 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:ab2m37djv3du26jctcciptem/app.bsky.feed.post/3micgj63huc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeothoughts.bsky.social/post/3mg3rpxanx222I emailed my reps. They are the ones with power now. If they fail us, then it's up to us. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/email-your-representative-no-war-with-iran?source=direct_link&02 Mar 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:ab2m37djv3du26jctcciptem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3rpxanx222https://bsky.app/profile/archaeothoughts.bsky.social/post/3mdnvvzzsck24We can multitask: -ICE, CBP -Minneapolis and elsewhere -Tactics not changed -Trade Wars and potentially hot wars -Economy tanking because of tariffs (which we pay) -the East Wing is rubble -I know there are more And why does Trump keep appearing as a suspect in the Epstein Files! Don't let up! [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jan 2026 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:ab2m37djv3du26jctcciptem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnvvzzsck24https://bsky.app/profile/archaeothoughts.bsky.social/post/3mdl45yn7b22xThe Federal government is led by living embodiments, caricatures of Toxic Masculinity.29 Jan 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:ab2m37djv3du26jctcciptem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdl45yn7b22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeothoughts.bsky.social/post/3mdj7byy3gs2kAt first, I thought the agents were using a urinal. That would've been more appropriate. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jan 2026 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:ab2m37djv3du26jctcciptem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdj7byy3gs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeothoughts.bsky.social/post/3mdg653c7ls2bVideo of the inside of this detention center have come out showing inhumane conditions. I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Your Public Officials: Shut Down ICE Detention at 31 Hopkins Plaza and ABOLISH ICE. Write one here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-public-officials-shut-down-ice-detention-at-31-hopkins-plaza-and-abolish-ice?source=bluesky&27 Jan 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:ab2m37djv3du26jctcciptem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdg653c7ls2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeothoughts.bsky.social/post/3mb57w36jo22h"But the truth is that book banners are cowards... Of change. Social progress. Losing their unearned privilege and power. They cling to control by restricting our access to information: accurate historical accounts, diverse storytelling, critical awareness." https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/book-banners-afraid-cowards-F5MPLCJGBBGBVB3QRGVU7FBBCI/29 Dec 2025 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:ab2m37djv3du26jctcciptem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb57w36jo22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeothoughts.bsky.social/post/3m6kkzosy722hThe real reason for the season. #solidarity #crushice [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Nov 2025 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:ab2m37djv3du26jctcciptem/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6kkzosy722hhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeothoughts.bsky.social/post/3m6ge6jub6c2b👍🏽⚡ [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Nov 2025 03:04 +0000at://did:plc:ab2m37djv3du26jctcciptem/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6ge6jub6c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeothoughts.bsky.social/post/3m3pwypadxk26The last time time the White House was this extensively altered was for architectural and structural reasons, not vanity. Source: Wikipedia https://share.google/7FuC3xCHcFqscbRAu21 Oct 2025 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:ab2m37djv3du26jctcciptem/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3pwypadxk26https://bsky.app/profile/archaeothoughts.bsky.social/post/3m3ku5morr22iThe only king I recognize. America is broken, we don't need Band-Aids. #nokings #kingkong19 Oct 2025 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:ab2m37djv3du26jctcciptem/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ku5morr22i