Comments on: Epilepsy http://freesiagal.wordpress.com A community board raising public awareness to health issues` Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:00:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: freesiagal http://freesiagal.wordpress.com/epilepsy/#comment-3 freesiagal Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:01:16 +0000 http://freesiagal.wordpress.com/epilepsy/#comment-3 Thanks for posting Monica and please do drop by agian when you are able! Cheers Thanks for posting Monica and please do drop by agian when you are able!

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]]> By: monicawrites http://freesiagal.wordpress.com/epilepsy/#comment-2 monicawrites Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:43:41 +0000 http://freesiagal.wordpress.com/epilepsy/#comment-2 My mother was diagnosed with Epilepsy when she was pregnant with me. She was married and I would be the first of her four children. She hit a tree while driving and could not remember what happened. That was in 1959 when the word was associated with the horrors of severe mental illness. I grew up not speaking about it to anyone. We didn't even speak about amongst the family. It's so funny that you post this becuase my brother and I had a discussion about how the effects of a parent with this illness can have lasting effects on their children. It creates a world where vulnerability and protection exist in a mind that is not mature enough to handle it. I will have to visit this again when I can speak from a calmer heart than the six year old one that is typing now. My mother was diagnosed with Epilepsy when she was pregnant with me. She was married and I would be the first of her four children. She hit a tree while driving and could not remember what happened. That was in 1959 when the word was associated with the horrors of severe mental illness. I grew up not speaking about it to anyone. We didn’t even speak about amongst the family. It’s so funny that you post this becuase my brother and I had a discussion about how the effects of a parent with this illness can have lasting effects on their children. It creates a world where vulnerability and protection exist in a mind that is not mature enough to handle it. I will have to visit this again when I can speak from a calmer heart than the six year old one that is typing now.

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