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how to feel normal again
Tue, 02/14/2006 - 09:22I am just wondering how many of you feel normal or feel as though what used too feel normal to you is no longer within your reach? I am finding it hard too feel as though I fit in anywhere lately and get really overwelmed with the feeling. It has been hard to communicate much of anything with my boyfriend lately but find my oldest siste being very supportive.
I amconsidering doing my last essay for school on what is normal to you? Not sure it will dofor a persuasive essay though. This essay is my final and I really need to do well on it, I am having a hard time finding a topic that my instructor is sure to be interested in. I have alot of issues that I feel very strongly about but not sure how to write about them, for example the way I am treated every time I need to see a Doctor or visit the E.R. room...It's terrible and I no longer trust Doctors.
Well it is snowing here in oregon and very cold, happy Valentinesd day to all and god bles everyone.
Any feed back or ideas or just to say hello would help on this somewhat blaw day for me.
Joyce
Comments
Re: Re: how to feel normal again
Submitted by Wishfuldreamz on Sun, 2006-02-19 - 11:03
I liked what you said...I have wondered how to feel normal...alot of people ask me how I feel and stuff but you cant tell them. I am 22 turning 23 saturday and have been having them since I was 16, I work with mentally and physically handicapped kids, and I had 2 seizures back to back on friday, completly different then any I had before, and I know I just feel so embarresed afterwards and horrible because its imterupting someones day. I dont know if that makes sense. I get tired of people my friends feeling like they treat you like a baby oh no becareful of this, or that. When you just want to do the same things that all your friends are doing .I get fustrated but I can understand my nerougolist do too because I have been diagnoised with 4 diferent kinds of seizures because theres no reason why they started...or why they wont stop. I am getting ready to leave in a couple hours to have a video eeg done and in the hospital for 4 days to maybe find out. I think its really good people who are able to feel like themselves, and be normal...Id love to know how because once you start to feel that way, it seems like people in the community laugh, point stare when your having one which makes it rougher to deal with.
Jessica
Re: Re: Re: how to feel normal again
Submitted by coolcanadian on Sun, 2006-02-19 - 19:11
Hi Jessica, just wanted to say good luck on your VEEG. Let us know how things went. -cc
Re: how to feel normal again
Submitted by spiz on Tue, 2006-02-14 - 09:52
Hi Joyce, Normal for me changes from week to week. I have to go with what feels normal for the moment. It's the only way I found of 'adjusting' to being epileptic in a world that has people who have trouble accepting those with seizures. It's not the person they can't accept, it's the seizures they have a problem with. And..it's exactly that...their problem. I find it ridiculous that they have a problem with our seizures. We are the one having them. If they get the flu..it doesn't affect my appetite. Food taste fine to me. I know this probably sounds like a silly summation, but I find their reasoning silly too. It's my way of turning their way of thinking around on them and making it easier on me to not let it bother me. Normal is a individual thing. Find your normal and be comfortable with it. Change it when needed. Take what you have to work with now and make it work for YOU! Smiles! -Spiz