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    How to Protect Your Mental Health While Living with Epilepsy

    What Is Mental Health? Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Having epilepsy can have a…

    By Tiffany Kairos February 15, 2020

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✩ Howdy Partners ✩ ▪ ▪ The extra dose of s ✩ Howdy Partners ✩ ▪ ▪ The extra dose of sunshine, blue skies and warm temps are finally here! Hooray! How I’ve missed you! Smiles for miles! ▪ ▪ Along with this stellar time of year, are critical guidelines I turn to in order to keep the seizures at bay as best as I can. ▪ ▪ I drink water like it’s going out of style, wear loose-fitting/light colored clothing, wear hats (such as this beauty right here!) to prevent overheating, take cool showers and cut down time spent outdoors just to name a few tips. ▪ ▪ We all have to keep cool. Some of us have to take extra precautions. ▪ ▪ Are you as happy as I am to toss aside the hoodies in exchange for tank tops? And to roll down the car windows to feel the warm breeze? ▪ ▪ Leave a ☀️ if so or leave your loving messages!
✵ Unapologetically Me ✵ ▪ ▪ I wore a mask ✵ Unapologetically Me ✵ ▪ ▪ I wore a mask after my diagnosis with epilepsy. I didn’t want to let anyone in to my world. To reveal me. All of me. Imperfect me. I didn’t want to feel the breeze of vulnerability. The mere thought chilled me. ▪ ▪ It took time to learn to love myself. Flaws and all. Brushing away negative thoughts and setting down the mask that I once carried on me. ▪ ▪ I now live a life unapologetically me. Comfortable in my perfect imperfections wearing a smile. I was born to be real. Not perfect and I’m comforted and empowered in this. And I encourage you to feel the same. ▪ ▪ Be unapologetically you! Comment a 🌹 of empowerment and let me know if this message lifted you up! I love hearing from you dearest friends!
♡ Stay Safe And Stylish ♡ ▪ ▪ As confirmed ♡ Stay Safe And Stylish ♡ ▪ ▪ As confirmed cases of COVID-19 continue to rise, the CDC is recommending that everyone wear a cloth mask when they go out in public. ▪ ▪ Experts say the homemade masks won’t protect someone from getting sick, but they can help prevent the spread of the virus by those with it. ▪ ▪ Recently, I came across these incredibly stylish face masks designed by Michelle Hammer - Founder of @schizophrenic.nyc! The masks uses her beautifully unique artwork! In support of Michelle and her empowering movement of creating conversations/supporting those who are mentally ill, without hesitation, it was an absolute yes for me. ▪ ▪ I highly recommend picking up one of these face masks. They are stunning, comfortable and most importantly we want to do our best to keep safe! ▪ ▪ Thanks Michelle for such a stellar face mask! ▪ ▪ Check out @schizophrenic.nyc Instagram page (LINK IN BIO) to get yours! ▪ ▪ How do I look? You like this one? 😉 Let me know! ▪ ▪ I love you.
✩Aspire✩ ▪ ▪ Bravery is one of the most cr ✩Aspire✩ ▪ ▪ Bravery is one of the most crucial steps that I had to take on my journey with epilepsy. To make the decision to stand up, dust myself off and move on despite being handed a diagnosis so heavy and complex. To face the unknowns, the unpredictables, any setbacks, and any letdowns along the way. I had to be brave. I have to be brave. I choose to be brave each and everyday. ▪ ▪ It takes effort. The will to try to be brave. Even if I stumble. Even if some days, I fall. Even if it gets overwhelming. Amongst many lessons that I’ve learned, bravery is one the greatest of them all. I can’t let this condition conquer me. I won’t let it. I refuse it. It’s a tall task but one worth fighting. It’s my life. Not epilepsy’s. It doesn’t own me. ▪ ▪ No matter what your up against, always try to be brave. Commit to standing up and move on. To try to be brave is to be brave. Deny fear. Deny doubt. If even one step, you’re on your way. ▪ ▪ Your messages are so meaningful! Talk to me about the bravery in your journey in the comments! Leave a 🔥 if you enjoyed this message today!
♡ Limitless Love For Life ♡ ▪ ▪ I could’ ♡ Limitless Love For Life ♡ ▪ ▪ I could’ve grown bitter. I could’ve grown cold. I could’ve grown distant even pessimistic when I was diagnosed with epilepsy. When the sun shined, I could’ve pictured rainy skies with tears in my eyes. But no. ▪ ▪ Instead, I forged a will that changed me profoundly; in a single instant I was reborn with a limitless love for life, and gained the courage to live. ▪ ▪ Sure. I have a condition I didn’t anticipate. A condition that I cannot control. But I look all around me, near and far. I look inside and out. I’m alive! And life in several ways is still so beautiful. The beauty and blessings outweigh my circumstances. Yeah, there are inconveniences and challenges that I wish would walk away but they can’t and never steal the joy from my soul or the smile on my face. ▪ ▪ I dance when the sun shines, I smile though I seize, I’ve grown closer to those around me, hope and faith will never leave me. ▪ ▪ Leave a 🔥 if you can relate with this and share a comment! You messages mean so much! ▪ ▪ I love you.
✵What Broke My Heart Fixed My Vision✵ ▪ ▪ ✵What Broke My Heart Fixed My Vision✵ ▪ ▪ Heartbreakers. Cruel right? Left with a handful of broken pieces and several questions. This was me after my diagnosis with epilepsy. A broken heart, questioning myself, and every stitch of life as a whole. ▪ ▪ It was in my brokenness that I could see the journey set out for me. The road doesn’t end when we’re met with unexpected, unfortunate, life-changing moments. Look ahead. ▪ ▪ Fix your eyes on possibilities. Opportunities. Blessings. Despite the circumstances. Yes, dreams can be achieved. ▪ ▪ I took one step, two steps, three. And off I went on my journey with epilepsy. Holding onto hope and faith. Every moment. Every day. With breath that I take. ▪ ▪ Leave a 🔥 or short comment if you read this, your messages mean so much! ▪ ▪ I love you.
♡ Chronic Illness Reflection ♡ ▪ ▪ Tranqui ♡ Chronic Illness Reflection ♡ ▪ ▪ Tranquility and patience. Two essential elements of wisdom that I have obtained over my 10+ years living with epilepsy and seizures. I have several and unexpected complex partial seizures just about every day and once in a blue moon a tonic-clonic will pay a visit. I’d be lying if I said that I don’t get upset sometimes. I do. It can get frustrating. How many of you living with epilepsy or with any chronic illness get frustrated from time-to-time? ▪ ▪ Though I can’t control these unruly seizures, I can however control my reaction. Though I’m not perfect and I know I never will be, I have learned a lot living with epilepsy. I patiently wait counting it out when I seize and I envision a beautiful place in this world I’d love to be until it dissipates. A beautiful island, a breathtaking mountain, a lush green valley with the most colorful sunset... ▪ ▪ No matter what, it’s me who has the power. Even if I seize, I come out of it still with a smile. I have faith in a cure one day, some day. Until then, I will continue to persevere with an optimistic spirit. ▪ ▪ Comment a “🔥” if this message resonated with you! ▪ ▪ I love you! 🌸🕊
✩ Unexpected Destinations ✩ ▪ ▪ I never th ✩ Unexpected Destinations ✩ ▪ ▪ I never thought I’d find myself in a position where I’d be battling epilepsy and seizures. Who would? I never expected the challenges that I would come up against each and every day physically and even emotionally. Who would? Life changes when a diagnosis enters the picture and I changed with it. It redirected my path to places I never thought I’d get to. To where I was meant to go. ▪ ▪ Along my journey, I got to a place where I gained courage to stand instead of collapse. I got to a place where I gained a bravery to look at my circumstance with optimism instead of hopelessness. I got to a place where I found my voice to speak up and share my story and share my truth rather than bottle it up and put in on a shelf. ▪ ▪ Just when I thought all might be lost, so much was found and continues to be discovered. I didn’t expect to live a life with epilepsy but on the flip side I’m living a life of gaining a stronger me. ▪ ▪ Comment a “🔥” if this message resonated with you! ▪ ▪ I love you! 🌸🕊
♡ Fearlessly Fighting Epilepsy ♡ ▪ ▪ Overc ♡ Fearlessly Fighting Epilepsy ♡ ▪ ▪ Overcoming fear is power. Something that I stole away from my diagnosis of epilepsy when I accepted the reality and journeyed forward to embrace life to the fullest regardless. Journeying forward to love myself as I am, and who I would become. Stronger. Braver. Ambitious and more courageous. ▪ ▪ Living with epilepsy isn’t a walk in the park. Unpredictable seizures and being my own emotional cheerleader. But one thing is for certain is I refuse to wave that flag. The one that waves at me. Calling me to call it quits. Not today. Not tomorrow or any day. ▪ ▪ Every day for the last decade, from the moment I open my eyes until I kiss the world goodnight, I’m fearlessly fighting epilepsy. It may be in my life, but it doesn’t own my life. No matter the trials or setbacks that I face, I will always stand strong or get back up and be on my way. ▪ ▪ Comment a “🔥” if this message resonated with you! ▪ ▪ I love you! 🌸🕊
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