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Inability to live a normal life — lost, scared

Epilepsy & Seizures | Last Active: Feb 18, 2020 | Replies (85)

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@davidinvegas
I agree with @hopeful33250, an excellent point. I’ll take a stab at it but remember I’m abnormally normal. By the way, I don’t like that word either.
Always be yourself David, you are perfectly normal my friend and never think your not and NEVER let anyone tell you otherwise.
Don’t try and fit into someone else’s idea of what they perceive normal to be. My belief is there’s only a perceived normal. You don’t want to lose your individuality. Who’s to say what normal is anyway. Personally I think the so called “Normal” is highly over rated. I’m definitely not normal. I refere to myself as uniquely abnormal and I’m fine with. Not so sure a psychiatrist would be okay with it though but I don’t care. Who wants to be just like everyone else? Create your own normal.
Your doing a fantastic time job coping with what life threw at you. We who have Epilepsy have a different normal anyway. My normal was to have seizures everyday. Now my normal is not to have them. Last one was 6 years ago, YEAH!!!!!
I’d be curious what your counselor has to say about that.
Wishing you all the best,
Jake

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@jakedduck1 @davidinvegas Like Leonard says, who determines what is normal? Think to a time when your issues might not have been so severe. That may be your normal, and what you want to aspire to. Perhaps rather than convincing yourself there will be a problem, work towards a mindset that things will go well, that there may be some minor glitches in the road, but those will be handled on a case-by-case basis and won't be something you experience all the time. Twist your thinking, and visualize how you want things to turn out. Hope this helps!
Ginger