213 {Billy Carson} Living with functional neurological disorder an invisible illness
From Challenges That Change Us by Ali Flynn
April 19, 2026 · 46 min · Season 1 · Episode 213
About this episode
Billy Carson shares his journey living with functional neurological disorder, exploring the challenges of an invisible illness and the impact on his mental health.
Try our FREE burnout quiz. Grab your burnout workbook HERE. Billy was once the guy everyone knew as the happy-go-lucky, always-up-for-anything friend, but beneath that surface he was quietly navigating a growing sense of overwhelm that would eventually reshape his life. From the early days of university, where depression first took hold, through years of uncertainty, physical symptoms, and a diagnosis of Functional Neurological Disorder, Billy’s story is one of resilience in the face of something largely invisible and deeply misunderstood. This episode is about what it was like to live with a condition that blurs the line between mental and physical health, and how he continues to move forward, even when his body won’t always let him. In this episode he shares: When his struggles first started His experience dealing with the drought What FND is His experience being in and out of hospital Being on suicide watch What he wishes he knew earlier Key Quotes “When I told people they couldn’t believe it, because they just didn’t see me as that person.” “Everyone was coming up wanting to help, but I couldn’t tell them what to do or what was wrong.” You can get involved with the…
People in this episode
Host: Ali Flynn
Guest: Billy Carson
Topics covered
- functional neurological disorder
- mental health
- resilience
- invisible illness
- personal struggle
- hospital experience
Keywords
- functional neurological disorder
- mental health
- invisible illness
- resilience
- personal struggle
- hospital experience
- depression
- suicide watch
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