The mixed up life of having epilepsy

Epilepsy can be one of the most difficult conditions to deal with and here's why. First off, is many people don't spread awareness or share their personal experience with it. This condition hasn't been put on tv, magazines, newspapers or any kind of publicity. Second is, when you have epilepsy, there can be other conditions associated with it like autism, depression, anxiety, stress or maybe certain cancers. Third, many people make judgements about the epilepsy community. There can be harsh compliments about our personalities or appearances and its difficult to be seen as a person.

A personal experience is when I was just about to have a seizure, and I grabbed onto someone's shirt because I was losing balance.  I did not mean to grab them on purpose, it's just a natural response before a seizure. A few days after that, the person stayed away from me and believed I was a bad person. Even though I tried explaining things, I was judged and ignored because of something I did not have control over.

Just because epilepsy makes a difference on my outside, doesn't mean it makes a difference on my inside. I like showing the best in myself and if people don't understand that, it is their loss, not mine. Whether you believe this is true or not, I know it's possible to make a difference in life because if I bring good into the community, I know something good will happen back. 

A very important message to take away from this is "Not every disability is visible"!