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    Understanding Brain Fog And Epilepsy

    Speaking candidly, alongside seizures, brain fog is one of the most difficult – and sometimes exhausting – parts of living with epilepsy. What does brain fog feel like? Brain fog is more than just the occasional forgetfulness. We all experience…

    By Tiffany Kairos August 31, 2020

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✩ This Is My Hope ✩ ▪ ▪ My hope for Epilep ✩ This Is My Hope ✩ ▪ ▪ My hope for Epilepsy Awareness Month is to raise awareness about epilepsy, advance funding for research, and provide education and support to patients, families, and caregivers while pursuing the ultimate goal of making the cure for epilepsy reality. ▪ ▪ Fearlessly Fighting Epilepsy ♥
✩ You Are A Gift ✩ ▪ ▪ I used to believe t ✩ You Are A Gift ✩ ▪ ▪ I used to believe that I was useless as I journeyed life with epilepsy. What did I have to offer anyone? I felt lost. I was broken. ▪ ▪ I once believed my lies. The toxic messages telling me more that I could do. I’d reached the end of my story. ▪ ▪ We all have a rough start in our journey. It isn’t easy. But we have to remember that the win does not belong to epilepsy. So we must fill our cup up with love and encouragement. ▪ ▪ Remind yourself that though this illness is in your life, you do have so much to offer. Right here, right now. Lead by example. Walk with your head held high. Smile with the knowing that your story isn’t over, it’s just the beginning of a new chapter. ▪ ▪ You never know just how many people you will inspire. You are a gift. A light. A beacon of hope for many. ▪ ▪ I love you. ♥
✩ Take A Look At My Reality ✩ ▪ ▪ Taking m ✩ Take A Look At My Reality ✩ ▪ ▪ Taking medication 3 times a day every single day to fight my seizures. ▪ ▪ Pausing to fill up my weekly pill container. Counting out pills. Splitting some in half. Counting twice to make sure it’s right. ▪ ▪ These pills do their best at controlling my seizures but still I battle. ▪ ▪ This is my reality. ▪ ▪ Leave a 💜to represent loving yourself as a person with epilepsy. ▪ ▪ I love you.
✵ Built To Conquer ✵ ▪ ▪ Who’s ready for ✵ Built To Conquer ✵ ▪ ▪ Who’s ready for their world to be flipped upside down? Who’s ready to have the course of their life be abruptly changed? Who’s ready to accept that an illness has walked in and made itself comfortable within your body? ▪ ▪ I think we can all agree that no one would ever be ready. No one would ever be ready to have that rug pulled out from under them. ▪ ▪ Though we may not be ready for such a whirlwind circumstance, as we make our way forward we will progressively begin to see that though not ideal, we were built for such calamity. Our strength will grow. Our wisdom will expand and our courage will flourish. ▪ ▪ You are built to persevere. You are built to conquer. ▪ ▪ I love you. ♥
♡ Smiles For Miles ♡ ▪ ▪ One of my favorit ♡ Smiles For Miles ♡ ▪ ▪ One of my favorite phrases. Many who know me, know that I use this phrase often. ▪ ▪ I love to smile and laugh and create unforgettable memories with amazing people. ▪ ▪ I smile even through the hard times because I know that the sunshine always comes to the rescue. ▪ ▪ Smiling is in my nature and not only does it warm my heart but it does so if I’m able to put a smile on someone else’s face too. Smiles for miles. ▪ ▪ How sweet it is to have this message finally brought to fruition on my very own hoodie! ▪ ▪ I love you. ♥
✵ Tell Your Story With A Smile ✵ ▪ ▪ There ✵ Tell Your Story With A Smile ✵ ▪ ▪ There’s broken and then there’s shattered. That’s how I felt after my diagnosed. Shattered and scattered. I froze up and shut down anytime anyone wanted to know about my condition and what happened. When I did finally find the courage, I broke like a dam and tears poured like rain. One look of sadness in someone’s eyes was enough to break me. ▪ ▪ It took time to find peace and acceptance with my own condition. When your world gets flipped upside down, it’s not a quick transition. But I made it. By the grace of God and the love of family, I made it. ▪ ▪ I discovered the therapeutic benefits in telling my story and the way in which I could help others along their journey. ▪ ▪ If you’re still working on getting to that point, don’t rush. You’ll get there. Just know you aren’t alone. ▪ ▪ I love you. ♥
♡ You Learn As You Go ♡ ▪ ▪ Epilepsy is li ♡ You Learn As You Go ♡ ▪ ▪ Epilepsy is like a storm. It’s unpredictable and can strike at anytime. An electrical storm that happens in the brain. ▪ ▪ There’s no real telling the amount or strength of seizures. Every person is different but one thing evident. ▪ ▪ Living with epilepsy is learning to adjust to unpredictably because there is no other choice. ▪ ▪ Comment a ⚡️to signify that you are living and not just existing! ▪ ▪ I love you. ♥
✵ Direct Your Attention ✵ ▪ ▪ Where are yo ✵ Direct Your Attention ✵ ▪ ▪ Where are you directing your attention right now? Especially since a diagnosis entered the picture and turned everything upside down. ▪ ▪ This is a sliver of a conversation that I had with myself early on in my journey. My attention was scattered like leaves in a windstorm. I didn’t know it at the time but I needed to discover strength that can be achieved in the midst of struggle. ▪ ▪ Acceptance takes time and isn’t something that can be rushed or accomplished in the blink of an eye. In time, I learned that I still had a choice. The story was not over. It was simply a matter of where I wanted to direct my attention if I hoped to grow stronger. ▪ ▪ In the beginning in my scattered thoughts, I drifted between sadness and anger, fear and confusion. ▪ ▪ A person can’t grow in that mental environment. I had to branch out. So I had to redirect my attention to hope and faith rather than doubt. Direct my attention to fighting back instead of cowering. Declaring that epilepsy does not own me. ▪ ▪ Where are you directing your attention today? Is it time for a change? ▪ ▪ Comment a 🔥 to signify that your attention is directed towards fearlessly fighting epilepsy! ▪ ▪ I love you. ♥
♡ Our Story Isn’t Over ♡ ▪ ▪ Living with ♡ Our Story Isn’t Over ♡ ▪ ▪ Living with a chronic illness is a continual growing process as we go along our journey in life. ▪ ▪ I couldn’t see beyond my grief after my diagnosis of epilepsy which led me to belief I’d reached the end of my story. ▪ ▪ But I needed to grieve before I could see that it in fact wasn’t the end, just a turn of the page. ▪ ▪ Epilepsy does not have the authority to hold me back from moving forward. I know it and I own it. ▪ ▪ Those of you in battle right now, know it and own it for yourselves. Your condition does not have the authority. This is not the end of your story. It’s just a turn of the page. ▪ ▪ Comment a 🔥 to symbolize that your condition does not have the authority in your life! ▪ ▪ I love you. ♥
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