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And was to go through all of them out there in our world today could take place for a day and experience what it's like to go through all of them and all the different side effects of the meds and such etc, do you think people would have a different way of looking at us and others that have some condition of some kind, you would be the same as before, but do you think if that was to happen every other person in the world would have a different way of looking us as we are with the condition we… read more
I don’t think Anyone will understand our experiences until they were to get diagnosed with Epilepsy . But for most people , I hope they don’t have to experience the challenge .
I do have a different feeling to those who are ignorant and nor supporter to their friends or families
I’d pity the person who switched with my illnesses, but I’d love for it to be my primary gp. Let him deal with everything I have going on and then see how different he would treat me lol. I would love to be as healthy as he is!! I know I would enjoy a day in a “healthy “ body and I also think that anyone who doesn’t have epilepsy would find a new found respect for epilepsy.
Question: Would people better understand what it's like living with epilepsy if they could experience it for a day?
You raise an interesting point about empathy and understanding. As one MyEpilepsyTeam member noted, "People don't get it until they get it." Living with epilepsy affects every aspect of life - from Show Full Answer
I have always believed in “go with the crazy you know.” I would not wish epilepsy on my worst enemy and I really don’t think I would want to trade places with someone else to experience their issues. I do think if someone had to walk a day in our shoes, they would have a deeper understanding of what we deal with on a daily basis.
You only have to read the posts of people who suddenly get diagnosed and they go on about how their life is suddenly over and they feel they can't do all the things they want to do..... Every time I see these, I'm like well that's not great but I've but I've had this for 26 years and not much has changed.
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