In this episode, we’re going to continue from our last episode and exploration of Stress and Anxiety. Our host, David Clifford, describes what he calls the Stress Seizure Spiral then gives you the tools to be able to recognize you’re in it and how to safely get out. Jump to Read more…
In this episode, we cover Stress and Anxiety, the differences between them, and how to combat both to improve your life. Studies have shown that the incidence of Anxiety Disorders in people with Epilepsy is almost two-fold than in the general public. In our Triggers episode, we covered that all Read more…
The fairy tale is one of those things in life we rely upon to be comfortably predictable. This is epitomised with the much-loved phrase, ‘happily ever after’, or, as it sometimes goes, ‘and they lived happily ever after’. This satisfactory and, above all else, ‘happy’ ending is pleasing for us Read more…
If I wasn’t comfortable in a situation, be it in a job, a relationship or a living arrangement (you name it), I’d run. Anything that meant I’d have to confront something about myself that made me even the slightest bit uneasy, I’d pass. I don’t mean I’ve slowly backed away Read more…
In the BrainAblaze podcast ‘Sleep Till Brooklyn’, host, David Clifford, described just how important sleep is, and, more specifically, how vital it is for people with epilepsy. It had already inspired my post this week, and then, in a (harsh but timely) turn of fate, I had a fall. ‘What Read more…
I’ve written previously about an episode of my life where anger, frustration and immense loathing of my diagnosis caused me to make a terrible (and dangerous) decision. Without medical advice, I stopped taking my medication and lost almost a year of my life, it’s still a blank spot in my Read more…
I’ve had to accept, and it’s taken practice, that my mysterious sojourns from consciousness into the dark might just involve ‘souvenirs’…
Every superhero often finds their superpowers, in some ways, work against them. So, I’m just going to come right out and say it, at times epilepsy really sucks. There, it’s done. But it’s most definitely not over. If it was, I’ve just written the world’s shortest blog post (well, it’s Read more…
When I think of Goldilocks, I think of the golden-haired-furniture-destroying-burglar from the fairy story who wasn’t prepared to settle. When Papa Bear’s porridge wasn’t for her, she moved onto Mama Bear’s. When she found that not exactly to her taste, she abandoned it mid-spoonful, and moved onto Baby Bear’s porridge. Read more…