Emotional Affect (PSY Project)

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How did being diagnosed with epilepsy affect you emotionally? For me it didn't have an impact because I was so young. Of course as I got older I felt more ostracized because of my seizures but that didn't have much to do with the diagnosis itself. That was more of the way I felt because of the reactions I got. If it had been more accepted by the people around me then it would have continued to have little impact.
 
Being dx'd with epilepsy epilepsy didn't change me I was dx'd when I was two yrs old.
But as a child I heard don't play with her because of my seizures this was the 60's.
I found kids to be cruel in H.school because of my seizures I was teased often because of them. I accepted my epilepsy but ppl around me seemed to have problems if I had a seizure and adults are as bad as children. Adults get personal kids don't know better.
I live my life and if I have a seizure so be it.
 
I was dx'd when I was 16 and in high shool. Honestly, the biggest problem was not driving. Sure, that was a little tough, emotionally, but honestly, emotions weren't much of a problem. I'm sure it would be much tougher to be my age now (27) and diagnosed.

Since my seizures were at the worst complex-partial until I was 25, they were rarely noticed. Even having had a few tonic-clonic, they still don't effect me emotionally.
 
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