Epilepsy: You Are Not Alone
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EnglishVoice Age
Young Adult (18-35)Accents
North American (General) North American (US General American - GenAM)Transcript
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To accept epilepsy into your life. You must look at it positively and realize that there is no perfect person. There is no need to feel a sense of embarrassment because you have epilepsy each day of our life. We try to master the daily troubles that come our way. How to overcome the problems that have already occurred in our lives should be considered a triumph. Ignoring your problems, not dealing with them is easy, but to face them and deal with them are accomplishments, accepting our problems and dealing with them helps us grow mentally, physically and spiritually. For example, when I opened up telling people about my seizure disorder, I was shocked to find out how many people had epilepsy or knew someone who had the disorder. One of our most significant drawbacks is a lack of epilepsy research and most people do not speak about the disorder enough. Many individuals are uneducated about epilepsy and look at the people who have the disorder as weird or think of it as a disease. Both statements are untrue. I believe God puts obstacles in our lives to strengthen us when we are young. We have people in our lives that help to mold us. They help us develop the strength, wisdom and knowledge. We need to survive in this world. Yet, if we become dependent on these people, we cannot survive and live the productive life that God has given us on this earth to enjoy. Everyone is put on this earth here for a reason, we need to pass on what we have learned along to others. It is selfish and pure laziness to pity ourselves because we have epilepsy. Instead, you must learn how to cope with your problems to help those who suffer from the same difficulty. You are not alone. If you feel you cannot straighten out your life the way you want it to be to live with and accept epilepsy. You need to open your heart and listen to what it tells you inside your heart. Will never lie to you because it only tells the truth. You must have the courage to ask your heart why you refuse to accept the fact that you have epilepsy. Usually when we hide things about ourselves, we are embarrassed about whatever we are trying to hide. Epilepsy is not something you should be ashamed of having people with diseases and disorders are constantly coming out into the open. They are learning to talk about the problems in their lives and are educating society about them. This is the way they heal the scars inside them. Society is becoming less fearful of many of the diseases and disorders that unfortunate individuals live with. There are more and more support groups and research studies. However, until we learn to help each other, nothing will improve. Therefore, there are self-help groups for everything because people realize that they must accept what they have and learn to live with it constructively, to change and strengthen themselves. You need to look at life positively. You need to say, OK, I'm not happy with the person I've become, I need to change and this is what I will do about it. Stop being lazy. This is the first step to healing and strengthening our souls and self-esteem. Be proud of who you are, be thankful each morning that you can wake up and feel the warmth of the sun and the beauty that surrounds us all.