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Stigma
Sat, 06/11/2016 - 00:39Hi. Seech again. I posted something earlier in May about auras. Just following up with something possibly more important, How do people around you react when they find out you have epilepsy? Have you had any at work and were treated differently afterwards? If you were treated differently, was it mostly negative? I'm not sure what is worse, the disgust or pity. I really don't want to be a source of pity for others or even worse their glee at seeing someone else suffering.
Love that line should I get
Submitted by 9liv3cat on Fri, 2016-06-24 - 17:13
Love that line should I get some pity stickers for youi so hate the smoothering you cant do this can't do that bs when I went boogie boarding I stayed near the lifeguard tower not that I didn't go in the water just the direct line of sight of lifeguard.