Nathan joined The Hunt: Prey Vs Predator determined not to let functional neurological disorder dictate his life. As founder of the FND North West Community Hub, he wanted to prove – to himself as much as anyone – that he could still take on a brutal “cat and mouse” challenge, even as symptoms quietly escalated in the background. Being first out of the game stung, but he left believing the real battle was finally behind him.

Days later, everything collapsed. Seventeen seizures in an hour, a spa trip for his wife’s 40th turning into a flashing-blue nightmare. Three months in hospital followed, learning to walk and talk again, graduating from a hospital bed to a Zimmer frame and wheelchair. Yet Nathan insists the show isn’t to blame – and still praises the crew who protected him when he seized on set. His life is smaller now, but his mission is bigger: to be visible proof that FND is real, brutal, and survivable.