Epilepsy: What’s Worse The Physical Pain or Emotion Pain of Epilepsy? — Thrive Global

When you go on Facebook and you look up the people with epilepsy you’ll find hundreds of people sharing pictures of the bruises or broken bones that they endured while having a seizure or they’ll share a paragraph or two telling others about the seizure the experienced and the physical pain they acquired from it.

My heart goes out to all of them because each time I read one of these messages on Facebook I can relate to them because at some time in the course of my life I experienced what they are experiencing now.

I’ve…

• experienced concussions
• acquired a hematoma on my head by falling headfirst on the ground
• gotten broken bones
• acquired many cuts and bruises
• almost drowned in a bathtub
• have cracked my head open
• permanent memory loss from my concussions
• experienced several near-death experiences

and the list can go on. But I am not here to ask for sympathy or to have others recognize the extent of hardship that I endured, because honestly, everyone goes through tragedy and everyone experiences pain in their life.