How does trigeminal neuralgia feel like?

It is not a new disorder. It has been known since the early 1800s, described and written in the medical literature. In the 1970s, people developed a surgical technique that helped to cure this problem, after which there has been more emphasis and awareness placed on disease as well.

It is due to the nature and severity of the pain. The pain experienced by the patients is sometimes severe and it drives them to suicide. That is how this nickname is derived.