#epilepsystrong

[sapphic-squids]

Please please please PLEASE SHUT UP about people not being disabled enough or too disabled to deal with. Stop whining about how our disabilities impact YOU. I really don't care if my panic attacks and meltdowns inconvenience you, because you're not the one having them. For once in you fucking lives consider disabled people and our feelings. Just because you can do xyz today doesn't mean i can. Some days i can work, on those days it's always "see? you're normal" like being disabled is a bad thing. I am beautiful not regardless of my disabilities, but because of them. I am capable.

[fuckedupneurodivergent]

I’ve only woke up like 30 minutes ago and I’ve already had 2 or 3 absence seizures, yesterday night I had like 7. This is not good news I’m about to have a tonic-clonic I can feel it🥲

[sapphic-squids]

The way trauma effects all of us is so fascinating. I coped with my trauma by reading explicit fanfictions, becoming hypersexual, and watching gory/raunchy anime when i was around 10-15. My best friend on the otherhand, is sex-repulsed, and reads middle grade books to cope. As a psych student, these two almost completely opposite reactions are just so incredibly fascinating to me.

[sapphic-squids]

Hello 👋🏾 I love your headcanons! Can you please elaborate about Elsa with epilepsy headcanons? I love frozen and i also suffer from epilepsy. Thank you !

No problem (and thank you!)

My epileptic elsa headcanon has more to do with the symbolism within her powers. Everything she touched turned to ice in patterns that mimic brain waves. Elsa also exhibits many traits of ASD in AFAB people(hyper/hyposensitivity, emotional dysregulation, sensory issues), many of these can be a common trigger for seizures as well. I also have epilepsy and i see my struggles with epilepsy in elsa, so yeah.

[sapphic-squids]

Disabled people are not entitled.

Why do I say this, you might be asking, well I have been called entitled many a time because of accommodations I need because of my disabilities. And I want to preface this by saying yes - I'm not a perfect person, I'm a little bitchy sometimes, but everyone is. But, anyways, when we need help, whether that be help walking, extra time, assistance with tasks, isolation, that does not mean we are entitled. We just have different needs than you do. You may be able to be in a loud environment for hours on end without a problem, but I can't. I need to leave or put in earplugs. You might be able to hold a conversation without getting overwhelmed or distracted, but I can't. I need to take a break from time to time. You might be able to walk a mile, but I can't. Not without a cane and an inhaler, that is. You might be able to walk without an aid, but I can't. I'm not wrong or rude for needing help. Calling me entitled for needing assistance so I can survive is inherently ableist, whether you like it or not.

[sapphic-squids]

You know what sucks? Like majorly sucks?

When you're disabled and you've been able to come to terms with it and adjust, but your family hasn't. I've fully accepted the fact that I'm different. It's not that hard. I just need a little help sometimes. But, as soon as that help requires the labor or consideration of people in my family it's all , "you're dramatic" , "you're faking it" , "you're so entitled"

And don't even get me started on when I tell them that when they do that, they're being ableist. They treat me like a child and say, "I can't be ableist! I have a disabled daughter/sister!" Gives the same vibes as "I can't be racist! I have a black friend!"

I hate this shit so much.

[sapphic-squids]

Love how I was just sitting a dinner yknow, eating, and my little brother and his friend decide to start calling me self centered and entitled and tell me that i use my disability for attention after i told them that, this is literally all i said, "my psychology teacher is making us do a dumb project." I called them out on their ableist fuckery and they said that they can't be ableist because I'm disabled...that's not how it works hun.

He also likes to tell me things like "how do you think you'll get a girlfriend when you act like that?" When referring to actions commonly associated with my disability.

But yeah, you can't be ableist if you have disabled family...

[fuckedupneurodivergent]

My fellow epileptics I strongly suggest you to download a “seizure app” it’s very useful, way better than journaling your seizures on paper, especially when you’re not at home and have an absence seizure. I’ve used this one for a while and it’s good! It’s called “epilepsy journal”❤️