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The journey is just as important as the destination.
Kalpana Chawla
Many thanks to everyone who helped me get 250 likes!
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The world is full of topics, good bad, beautiful and exciting things happening everywhere whether it's just political, social, cultural whatever it is I was made aware of by you and wrote a post about, thank you!
in the end, even if it's just a like or a reblog, the goal is achieved, we have reached someone out there in the anonymous.
Thank you all whoever and wherever you are.
I wish us a pleasant life in peace and freedom for all people at the price of understanding.
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I grew up reading lots of epics and myths, like I loved greek mythology and occult stories about things like demons, gods, monsters, etc.
But I especially loved hearing about various oracles and prophets, especially The Oracle of Delphi and how she was considered such a powerful staple of all these stories.
Like I read about how epilepsy was treated in history, with it occasionally being treated as a sign of prophecy or being touched by a god or something otherworldly, and a part of me latched onto that.
I loved all things fantasy as a kid and I still do, so this little coping mechanism at the back of my head saying that I am already connected to something magical.
Well. It helped in a way. It helped to think that maybe I wasn’t something bad for existing, maybe I was something that was just different in my own way, something that if the world were a little more otherworldly, would make me something like an Oracle or someone who could be the voice of the demons, or have a demon be my friend, or something cool because I have this.
It’s a harmful thing in fiction and a dangerous stereotype that epilepsy is at all supernatural, as it has gotten many people killed and is one of the largest factors as to why there is so much stigma regarding epilepsy.
Yet, I guess a small part of me was glad I could reclaim it, especially as a kid who was tired of having everyone treat me like a burden, or have so many kids ostracize me when I happened to have seizures in class.
There’s a small comfort in thinking that I’m magic, that The Sacred Disease made me a little…sacred.
If you do not have epilepsy this is not an encouragement or allowance to have this in your story or treat people like this/romanticize seizures. This is my personal take on my condition and the things related to it. I am not a voice for the community. Thanks.