What No One Tells You About Epilepsy Mary Dodge “ I wasn’t prepared for what my seizure episodes would be like; I got no warning.
No Need To Die Twice: Why I’ll Never Do Ketamine Again Jim Goad “ I was a biology-class frog, my brain severed from my spinal column, pinned down in a steel tray, unable to move or feel.
22 SUPER-Creepy Real-Life Stories From Working The Night Shift Lorenzo Jensen III “ “It was a very cold night so I went and checked on him, thinking he was homeless. Nope—dead body!”
Why Are We So Afraid To Live Until It’s Too Late? Marisa Donnelly “ Why is it that we don’t know how to live until we’re close to dying, until we get the diagnosis that changes everything, until we lose someone close to us and realize how much we’ve taken for granted?
An Open Letter To My Medication — Fuck You. Sarah R. Hughes “ It’s lonely because other people seem more adult; they check their own bumps and bruises without surprise that they are the only ones left who can do so.
Nobody Can Prepare You For Epilepsy Sarah R. Hughes “ You might feel more alone than ever before…but the truth is that you’re not.
There’s A Bomb Inside My Brain Jim Goad “ The scariest thing about having a seizure is that you never remember it.
A Break-Up Letter To Epilepsy, And To My Seizures Anonymous “ They aren’t coming back. From their point of view, I kicked them out. From my point of view, they were too overt. Too controlling.