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The student news site of Stillwater Area High School

The Pony Express

Jurek in the hospital when she was first diagnosed with acute confusional migraines, then re-diagnosed with epilepsy, and again later to be re-diagnosed with conversion disorder. “I’ve lost a lot of friendships due to my disorder,” says Jurek.

Conversion disorder taking a toll on Jurek

Isabel Boedigheimer, Head Copy Editor January 13, 2016

  Olivia Jurek is a sophomore who suffers from conversion disorder. According to Mayo Clinic, conversion disorder is a condition in which you show psychological stress in physical ways. In...

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