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How exactly do aura's feel

Mon, 05/15/2006 - 11:30
How exactly do aura's feel? Can you have aura's and not have an actual seizure? I think I had some this weekend. I went off into like a "spacy" feeling. Like I was tingling and I couldn't make myself snap out of it for a few seconds. I have had a headache since I has these feelings. I have had E a long time, but I am new to all the terminology and so forth. Thanks.

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Re: How exactly do aura's feel

Submitted by Newyorkcita on Sat, 2010-04-24 - 14:19
Hi 4ever1, I hope you found some answers since this post. I had the same thing when I was pregnant with my last son. It did get worse the more tired I was, but it always happened at night. I would wake up and see jellyfish-like shapes that were floating and I would try to touch them. One time I saw a dove fly out of my wall and disappear somewhere into the ceiling. I kept looking at it in disbelief until it was gone. I even woke my husband asking what was wrong with him because I believed that he was shaking. Over the years, I would wake at night and see the stringy jelly fish things and sometimes even feel them and I would jump out of the bed screaming and a few times I ran. Once I ran and couldn't get my footing and fell down. I've just come to accept over the years that if I get really tired, then I start to see strange things. I remember riding in the car a few times with different people and trying to stay awake. I would see bunnies running across the road. It sounds funny, but it's frightening when you see something that's not supposed to be there and it feels so real.

Re: Can anyone help? I think I am having abs seizers.

Submitted by telle on Sun, 2010-07-04 - 04:20

i have the exact symptoms... 2 years ago i was diagnosed with epilepsy! though i remember as a child i used to have these black out! and at home i usually just ran into the wall..all i remember is i woke up on the ground. first i saw all black then i found myself on the ground!

now they say i have some anxiety problem! some say panic attacks some say i do it just to avoid difficult situations! some say i have some childhood trauma i have to deal with

During the 'spell' i cannot move or talk, i kinda lose muscle tone i can hear them talk at first i just hear voices i can't understand a thing.. then i can hear them calling me.. but i can't respond.

the only difference is that sometimes i have like shocks of electricity in my whole body afterwards( and during the .. for about 5-10 minutes then they stop and the headache kicks in

i have the exact symptoms... 2 years ago i was diagnosed with epilepsy! though i remember as a child i used to have these black out! and at home i usually just ran into the wall..all i remember is i woke up on the ground. first i saw all black then i found myself on the ground!

now they say i have some anxiety problem! some say panic attacks some say i do it just to avoid difficult situations! some say i have some childhood trauma i have to deal with

During the 'spell' i cannot move or talk, i kinda lose muscle tone i can hear them talk at first i just hear voices i can't understand a thing.. then i can hear them calling me.. but i can't respond.

the only difference is that sometimes i have like shocks of electricity in my whole body afterwards( and during the .. for about 5-10 minutes then they stop and the headache kicks in

How exactly do aura's feel?

Submitted by ammer101 on Wed, 2011-04-27 - 23:39
I enjoyed reading your story, it was very interesting.  It's also proof that everyone's story is different, no two are the same.  Thanks for sharing your story & I hope you're doing well.  Take care!!!!!

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