Resources & support.
A small, Australian-first collection — helplines when the night gets long, organisations worth bookmarking, and grounding practices from lived experience.
If you are in immediate danger, call 000 now. Nothing on this page replaces emergency care or a clinician who knows you.
Someone to call, any hour.
Emergency
000
Police, ambulance or fire — for immediate, life-threatening situations.
Lifeline
13 11 14
24-hour crisis support and suicide prevention. Text 0477 13 11 14.
Beyond Blue
1300 22 4636
24-hour support for anxiety, depression and general mental wellbeing.
healthdirect
1800 022 222
24-hour nurse-led advice line — for when you're not sure what you need.
13YARN
13 92 76
24-hour crisis support line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
1800RESPECT
1800 737 732
24-hour national domestic, family and sexual violence counselling service.
The people who’ve been doing this longer than me.
FND Australia Support Services
An Australian charity supporting people living with FND — information, peer groups and advocacy.
fndaus.org.auFND Hope International
Global non-profit with patient guides, a clinician directory, and free bi-monthly Zoom peer support groups — including a dedicated group for carers.
fndhope.orgNeurosymptoms.org
Patient-facing site by Prof. Jon Stone — clear explanations of how FND works.
neurosymptoms.orgFND Action
UK-based FND charity with excellent plain-language patient resources.
www.fndaction.org.ukSmall things that have, sometimes, helped.
Not advice — just notes from living with this. Take what fits, leave the rest.
Pace, don't push
Many people with FND find a boom-and-bust cycle makes things worse. Small, steady is almost always kinder than all-or-nothing.
Name what's happening
Out loud or in writing: "This is a functional symptom. My body's signals are crossed. It will pass." Naming softens panic.
Ground into the senses
Five things you see, four you hear, three you feel, two you smell, one you taste. Anchor yourself back into the room.
Find one safe person
A friend, family member, GP or support group. Not ten. One person who lets you describe it without flinching.
“Asking for help is not a sign the FND won. It’s the quietest form of taking your life back.”
A note from the author