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If stress is causing my seizures, why do they continue when not stress

Posted by baa @baa, Sep 30 6:55am

My neurologist just wrote in a visit summary my seizures were likely caused by stress. If so, why have the seizures continued when I am not stressed? I do not understand.

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baa | @baa | Oct 2 7:34am
In reply to @santosha "Hi @baa I am praying for you, crossing my fingers that very soon you will be..." + (show)
@santosha

Hi @baa
I am praying for you, crossing my fingers that very soon you will be called to the Vanderbilt Epilepsy Monitoring Unit.
Meanwhile, try to enjoy life and the present moment, though I know how hard this could be. When we get anxious about something, it usually does not help. It seems, according to my life experiences, that me more anxious we get about something, it somehow blocks energy, and things do not happen.
No creating expectations in your situation can be quite hard. In difficult times during my epilepsy journey, my yoga teacher gave me a daily exercise, which helped me quite a lot, something I try to keep daily up to today. She said to think about three contentments at the end of the day. At first, I could only celebrate having no seizures during the day, but little by little, I could see other contentments in my day. It is an exercise that helps us see the glass half full instead of half empty and celebrate what we have in the present moment, instead of thinking about what we do not have and wish to happen. Give it a try!
Wishing you all a beautiful day!
Chris (@santosha)

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Chris, I found the book on Amazon used, so more affordable for me. Thank you for the reference!
Have a great day!

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Chris Gautier OR Santosha | @santosha | Oct 2 8:27am

My pleasure @baa ! I hope this workbook helps you like it did help me.
Regarding expectations, I have just remembered the quote from Clarice Lispector, a respected Brazilian writer. One of my yoga teachers uses this quote with us a lot, to exemplify that creating expectations with regard to attaining a certain level of meditation just avoids attaining such a stage. I believe this principle applies to many things in life.
"When I concentrate, I concentrate without wanting to and without knowing how I can do it, but I can do it independently of myself. Or rather: it happens. But when I want to concentrate myself, then I get distracted and lose myself in the "wanting" and I only start to feel the wanting that is the objective. And concentration is not achieved. The desire has to be hidden or it will kill the vital nerve of what is wanted."
Clarice Lispector
Chris (@santosha)

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