Who am I?

On By vhealingIn Biography/It's a Poets Life, Medical, Neurological Challenges, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, Writing, Writing About Writing 
WHO AM I?
 I am, temporal lobe epilepsy,
 society’s “invisible” disease.
 You won’t know about me,
 until, I fall down to my knees.
 

 Many think that, this is a curse,
 shunned and turned away in history,
 No ‘understanding’ which is worse.
 

 There are famous people who had this:
 did you know?
 Pythagoras, Socrates, Vincent Van Gogh,
 Lewis Carroll, and the lists begin to grow!
 

 My Doctor said: “This can be a ‘blessing,
 if you manage; “personality traits carefully’
 To all of those, with this ‘sacred disease’
 learn about the epilepsy positives please.
 Victoria Healing ~ 16.4.2016
 ©Who in the World Am I?
 
Personality Traits
 “Individuals with temporal lobe epilepsy, share a tendency to increased and extensive drawing or writing often of a cosmic or philosophical nature” Dr Bear called this tendency “Hypergraphia” ~ Tom Valeo ~ Neurology Today
 'Seized' ~ Eve LaPlante
 
References:
(Robert M Kaplan Neuro-psychiatrist reports; in summary, 
 Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, acute or chronic, is a perfect analogy 
 for mystic behaviour.
 
Hypergraphia ~ Writing style
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergraphia


Dow (1986) has proposed that mystics not only represent the world’s 
 oldest profession, but the world’s most versatile specialists. 
 Mystics may have been humanity’s first physicians, magicians, 
 artists, storytellers, timekeepers and weather forecasters 
 (Krippner 2002). ~ From the book: "Seized" by Eve La Plante
  
Mystic: Healer. Visionary. Druid. Shaman. Seer.

4 thoughts on “Who am I?”

  2. Thank you ellie894.

    Yes, epilepsy has a huge stigma ellie, which not many people talk about, because we have been vilified in history.

    I’ve spent many years researching the personality traits of this condition. To avoid excessive doses of medication, which seems to be the only thing that ‘most’ neurologists can prescribe.

    ‘And as Lewis Carroll said:

    “When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.”

    I sincerely appreciate your thoughtfulness and kind, in taking the time to read about this and love your comment.

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  4. You are so kind and considerate Ivor.
    How proud you must be of your niece, having a good singing voice is an absolute gift. I can imagine that she would have the voice of an angel.

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