The Emotional Side of Bell's Palsy

Your face is how the world reads you, and how you recognise yourself. Losing control of it is a genuine loss, not only a neurological event. If this part is hitting you hardest, you are not being dramatic, and you are not alone in it.

• Bell's Palsy Depression: Why It Hits So Hard

  Bell's palsy is a psychological event, not only a neurological one. Why the grief, anxiety and mirror-avoidance are proportionate, and what actually helps.

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