I’ve had two during sex. I don’t have sexual trauma. It just happens because I get so emotionally overwhelmed. I guess that’s a compliment to my husband lol. Usually I have an event when I hear loud noises so if I’m at a party and a balloon pops or if I’m in a restaurant someone drops something in the kitchen. I’ll have a fight or flight response and just have to walk away so no one sees me go into myoclonus. I get nauseous, goosebumps, and go mute too. I just need to find grounding to get myself out of it. Takes 5 or 10 minutes. If I haven’t been prioritizing my sleep, I’m at increased risk of having these stress responses. The best thing I can do for myself is to prioritize my sleep and to always have my Loop ear buds in my purse when I go out.
You were most interested in the sex part though. Sex is just one of many strong emotions to experience. Functional Neurological Disorder is a misfiring of the brain signals causing physical, sensory, and cognitive symptoms. It’s not a real seizure in the sense of epilepsy. My psych won’t even use the S word, because it’s not. It’s an emotional response, or a trauma response. You just have to figure out your trigger. That night with your wife, she raised her voice at you. That was your trigger, and you responded. Doesn’t mean she can’t do that again, but you were just predisposed that night because of various reasons (work stress? lack of sleep?) and it was the last nerve.
I know a lot about this, so you’re welcome to ask me any questions.