Living with epilepsy is more than managing seizures — it also means dealing with the emotional, social, and mental health challenges that come with it. Explaining all of this to loved ones can be daunting. Whether it’s your family, partner, or close friends, helping them understand what you go through is important for building a […]
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Living with epilepsy means living with more than just seizures—mental and emotional wellness are an important part of the journey. From anxiety and depression to stress because of the unpredictability of when a seizure will happen. With the mental health side of epilepsy often going unspoken. The truth is, your mind needs as much care
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3 New Year’s goals for your Mental health It is a new year, and I am going to be working on one of the most important things in a person’s life, my mental health. Out of all the goals I could choose from here are the 3 New Year’s goals for your mental health I
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Key things to know about winter depression Welcome to the wonderful winter weather of the year and to some welcome winter depression. Now the question is what is winter depression? How does it affect you? And how do you cope with it? Key things to know about winter depression can help in recovering from winter
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epilepsy and FND As people, like me, who are diagnosed with epilepsy we know the symptoms and side effects of the seizures and the medicine we take. But what if a loved one you know has FND (functional nerve disorder) and their episodes are just like your tonic-clonic (grand mal) seizures? Let us go over
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How your mental health affect your physical health and ways to improve it In an article I wrote previously, I talked about how exercise can help with your mental health but then the question of, how it affects your physical health and how you can improve it. Today I will go over how your mental
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Belief What was the belief of epilepsy if you go back in time? And what is the scientific reality of epilepsy nowadays? If you research back to ancient times, you will find that epilepsy was believed to be a possession or an attack on people by demons. Babylonian In 1050 BC the Babylonians (located in
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Video Games & Mental Health The best studies on video games & mental health help us understand how video games affect your mental health. These are great questions and documents if you are a gamer of any kind. How video games affect mental health is a subject most people don’t know or even think of
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Exercise to help your mental health Every year you have your summer with new goals. With goals of all kinds. Mine is my mental health. But part of me wonders how a summer goal to exercise to help your mental health really works. As a person with pre-existing conditions that will never fully heal. I
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Mental health benefits of owning a dog I had never gone to the Humane Society to adopt and rescue a pet before, and of course, I am not an expert on training dogs or what products to use. But my dog Louie I got from the Scott County humane society was one of the best
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