'Moving Over Mountains'
Justin LaPier: "Hello, I’m Justin LaPier, and I’m 23 years old. I was diagnosed with epilepsy in July of 2018, but I’ve been having focal...
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"Seizing positivity over seizures, one brainwave at a time" - patient voice
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Welcome to the Epilepsy Positivity blog!
Below is a collation of all our blog posts.
In the 'Epilepsy Positivity Blog' category, we share news about Epilepsy Positivity as a community, including any new projects that we are working on.
In the 'Your Stories' category, are a selection of the inspiring stories we have been sent in from our community so far. These can also be accessed on the Your Stories section of our website.
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'Epilepsy and My Family'
Mazelle Rozanski: "My name is Mazelle Rozanski. I am 24 and I started having seizures at 6 then at aged 8 I started to have Grand Mal...
'I Am Strong'
Alexandria Lucas: "My journey of epilepsy... I was 17 when I had my first seizure, I had just had a day out with my boyfriend at the time...
'Under the Lights'
Miles Levin: "I’m Miles Levin. I’m 23 and I've had epilepsy since I was 5. My independence is very limited and I find freedom in...
'Her Story'
Marissa Cory: "Hi, my name is Marissa Cory and I have epilepsy and social anxiety. All my life, I’ve had seizures. My mom took me to the...
'Animum'
Vivian Bettencourt: "My epilepsy journey began at age fifteen. I suffered a traumatic brain injury which would later be diagnosed as the...
'Never Give Up'
Gabby Salas: "I've been epileptic basically my whole life. It all started because of an ear infection that I had as a toddler. I...
'Go With Your Gut'
Caoimhe Fleming: "I was diagnosed with Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy(JME), along with some visual symptoms which are still unexplained, but...
'Finding Strength Through The Struggle'
Melissa Hadley: The first time I had a seizure was on the way back to class from a school assembly when I was 7 years old. I fell to the...
'Epilepsy Has Never Defined Who I Am'
Kirsty Nichols: "I started my theatre nursing degree when I was 18, straight from a levels. In my final year, final placement just before...
'The Story So Far'
Tom Ryan-Elliot: "So, let’s step back and cover everything that’s happened to me over the past few years. Alongside the Epilepsy Society...
'My Seizure Heroes!'
Angi Brusatto: "Gabriella, my oldest child, my first diagnosed with absence seizures at 7 years old, and has now become refractory with...
'For you, I will bear anything, for you bear more than I will ever know'
Morgan Cormick: "My name is Morgan Cormick and my little epilepsy warrior is Daphne. She is now 3 years old. My little angel Daphne...
'For The Love Of Living'
Tiffany Puza: "Good afternoon, I wanted to share my epilepsy story. Only, it's not my story. It's the story of my dear friend Stephanie...
'Joy In The Uncomfortable'
Hanna Drollinger: "Growing up, I wasn’t your typical child. In preschool, while all the other kids were playing and learning...
'Epilepsy Through A Child's Eyes'
Rachel Skaug: "Hi, Below is a summary of my epilepsy story. My name is Rachel Skaug, formerly Rachel Kaalberg, and I used to have...
'One Word Doesn't Define Me'
Jess McCoy: "I was a healthy 20yr old when four grand mal seizures interrupted my life. My doctors diagnosed me, with epilepsy, a...
'Seizure Success'
Pippa Simpson: "Epilepsy doesn’t get enough awareness on the day to day, people associate it with flashing lights and nothing else. A...
'Epilepsy Poem'
Stephanie Vargas: "I was diagnosed with Epilepsy at the age of 12, and it has been such a journey. I began writing as a coping mechanism...
'Love Will Always Win❤️'
Chants: "I was diagnosed with idiopathic epilepsy and I had my first seizure in Late August 2013 when I was 10 years old. I suffered from...
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