Hello there,

This is a non native English speaker and It's my first time to post on an English discussion board. Post here for discussion because most of information I can found online with my own language is translated from English source and also, I can hardly found any active forums related to my problems with my own language.

Since age of 13 to 14, I had a strange sympton that half of my body feel very numb , then my parents took me to hospital but found no reason for this. I thought it was some kind of ghost event that can not be explained. For the following 10 years, I gradually got used to this strange feeling and almost forget the whole thing untill last year, for some anxiety related problems, I started working with a psychological conseller who was trained by an U.S. association for like one year. (Seems in my country, there is little difference between roles of conseller and that of a therapist) I reminded the numbness thing and talked about this. Then, somehow the strange feeling of numbness just came back to me,lilke a ghost that I thought I had already get rid off. The conseller directs me to the phychological department of hospital, then a doctor diagnozed my situation as a dissociative(conversion )disorders and prescribed some medicine for me.

Seems that the medicine is for depression, acutally works well on my insomnia,but did not change anything on my feeling of the numbness. Also, talking with the conseller is a big comfort and relief, however can help little on my numbness.

Now I am very clear that the numbness thing of is more a psychological than physical problem, but I highly doubt if it can be cured by any ways. At the same time, I did not find any similar cases of successful cure. This problem has cause me many other problems and slow me down in my path of studying and career. Will it take another 10 years for me to get used to this again?

Any information related that can direct me is highly appreciated. For any similar cases, please feel free to contact me for discussion. Thank you very much! Sorry if my expression is not organized enough.