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Does anyone with seizures have low self esteem?

Hello everyone!

I have had my sz for 34yrs. now, since I was three yrs. old. I don't know how to go about saying this, but I have never really felt like a normal person. I was always treated differently due to my sz. I was always in special classes because I was slower than the normal kids. If that didn't put insult to injury I always felt like an outsider like the other kids were always belittling me. I know that I shouldn't allow anyone to bring me down, but it's easier said than done. I have also have had problems with having a relationship with men, because I've always been so self consious not of the sz. it's the certain effects the sz. cause like being slower in thinking then a normal person. As it is a man wants a intelligent woman, and men tend to look on the outside and not of the inside. I have been let down one too many times by men, so I feel I have like every man I see will turn the other way once he finds out that I'm not like other normal women. So I put them down before they can do the same to me am I crazy for feeling this way? I hope I can get some feedback from ya'll. thank you!

By colama... at Mon, 03/15/2010 - 6:32pm | 29 views | 2 comments

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Hi, Well everyone to their own in what their better at I think?!! I feel like you do sometimes cos I think my DNA was never really tomuch good at pencil pushing at school=I just cared lego or tippex thinner and I've always been better at other things like making things from wood or metal, skateboarding, Bmx etc or just physical things mainly which doesn't help to fit me in easy with doing well in this city performance day and age in London anyway=its all about what you have on your papers if you don't know the right people!!! I don't know what my school exam marks where either!! I find work 2 survive but I ain't very good at writing n quick txtn probably hasnt helped that!! I try just read and learn what I like bit by bit, altho most of the time I do wish I could remember soooo much more of what I read n learn, but im just human I guess although yeah epilepsy n its drugs certainly dont help my memory either!! Could say more but what I will say is your probably just human like me and you'll be good at something wether you've found it or not yet?!! Life has its ups and downs for me too but try not to let it get you down on your personal past n people because they probably just didnt respect you enough anyway or they'll never understand anything else Epilepsy apart from the fact you might have fits!!! I don't really know what kindof person you are at all? but not all us men just want city performance lady's or lady's to get into bed with!! Some just want nice friends to talk to or go out with!! Cool    P.s aint to sure what I've writtin now but ill let read it n chill!!   

Sash L...

I was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 14. That was the first and last time I heard the “E” word. My step-father -- who was a surgeon – patiently explained that I just had uneven brain waves.  My mother never uttered the word.

Dilantin was just a pill to keep me from falling down.  And by then, I was having 4 seizures a day. I continued to pass out, walk into walls and I even broke my nose, but everything was A-OK.  I just had uneven brain waves.

You can imagine what a disaster dating was.  Of course, I would never tell my dates that I had epilepsy.  My parents wouldn’t even utter the word, so rather than become a pariah, I kept my mouth shut.  Bad idea.  And not many second dates.

I felt so alone…  Nobody knew how to act around me.  My own parents didn’t even know what to do with me.  Everyone (except my grandfather) said I'd never amount to anything.  I was "damaged goods."

But guess what?  I put myself through college (with help from my grandfather) and became a successful advertising writer.

And one time when I was on a first date, I had a seizure and the guy actually didn't freak out.  He asked me if he could do anything for me because he was familiar with epilepsy, one of his best friends had it.

So he made me comfortable and when I was done (and exhausted) he put a blanket over me so I could nap.

I thought "This one is a keeper!"  And next week is our 30th wedding anniversary...  

Phylis Feiner Johnson www.epilepsytalk.com

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