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Personal stories and open conversations about epilepsy, stigma, mental health, healthcare access, housing, advocacy, and the social conditions that shape quality of life.

December 9, 2022

A new chapter it’s time to turn the page…

It is very easy for a person to get caught in a cycle, bad habits, basically a routine that's not in their best interest. Making acknowledgable changes in…

December 6, 2022

Never compare your ribbons: your fight isn’t any worse than mine.

Quite often when people are having their dilemmas and hardships with their health it can be overwhelming and it seems like all is against you. In those moments…

November 25, 2022

Gaslighting: Don’t be a puppet…

Gaslighting: A manipulative control tactic, psychologically misleading a person to doubt the truth and/or sanity. Gaslighting comes from many people in various ways. Warrior or not, it is…

November 12, 2022

Lay your boundaries, and stick to them…

Once one figures what their most prominent triggers are, the next step would be to try to manage the purple lifestyle, and keep the triggers and/or over-stimulation to…

November 11, 2022

Epilepsy provides enough…

Petty nonsense is not worth putting yourself in harm's way. Epilepsy provides plenty of ware and tare for the mind and body on it's own. The recovery process…

November 2, 2022

Remember, a seizure is a seizure, regardless of the type.

Since there are multiple types of seizures, they all look different as they take place. An absence type where I may be chewing, blank stare, or sudden fear…

October 30, 2022

Walk For Epilepsy

A fun day spent interacting with fellow warriors and New England Epilepsy Foundation representatives 💜

October 25, 2022

In more ways than one: Education

Anyone that knows me, knows that I long to learn. In order to achieve the ultimate goal of pediatric clinical psychologist, I would have a long journey ahead…

October 25, 2022

My Brain: the inner fuse box

When too much is going on in life I, like many, can get overwhelmed. Being overwhelmed can easily lead to a seizure. If I was to give a…

October 21, 2022

Our Achilles’ Heel

There is no person in existence who is absolutely perfect. We all have strengths and the infamous "Achilles heel" even the strongest have that one thing that breaks…

October 17, 2022

In more ways than one: Treatments

Epilepsy is a broad widespread condition at the same time it's something so personal. Which method of treatment will help varies from one individual to the next.I'm currently…

October 16, 2022

Wait, should I tell?

Something a lot of people ask themselves is do I tell them? Not just purple warriors, people who are fighting their own battles question whether or not to…