Trigeminal Neuralgia
In 2013 a woman hit me texting while driving
I tried to kill myself about two months in because I had went insane from pain
It was not a small attempt
After a few months of hell, I was diagnosed with something called 'the suicide disease'
I was lucky enough to be seen by the man who actually wrote the book on the disorder
In 2014 I had my first 2 brain injuries
Wind can cause me to pass out from pain seizures
Before I knew this beast's full backstory and how it got it's name I had already lost 3 people I had met who kill themselves.
my whole life changed... for many years I wondered what that text was
Seven years of tourture
Winter can kill you if you have a pain stroke so everyone with the diagnosis wears scarves
This photo was taken for an education guide to train first responders, nurses, and doctors
Most poeple with the diagnosis have attempted or completed suicide in the first two years
The world health organization (WHO) does not recognize the TN because of it's rarety
That means way less if any research and supports are happening while men, women, and children are killing themselves from pain.
Our local news meteorologist, mom of two young children killed herself 3 months after a lazer eye surgery gave her a form of TN in her eye
The story was about the details of her suicide and the NEWS did nothing to share awareness or outline the reasons why the pain was too much so not to sway people from the laser eye treatments- a big sponsor of the morning news, even though 15 other people who has the same proceedure also ended up with a suicide disease.
sponsorship over suicide disease...