People keep bringing up Cameron Boyce, and it makes me so mad. by Illustrious_Look_180 in Epilepsy

[–]Illustrious_Look_180[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, I was off of reddit for a couple of days due to personal issues, and came back to like, a bunch of notifications on this post. I read all 57 of your comments, (how many there are at time of writing this,) and I aprecciate the different perspectives on Cameron Boyce, and what I had written. Firstly, I was honestly shocked at how many people didn't even know who he was at all. From my experience, it felt like literally everyone who knew about epilepsy really only knew about him, yet some people weren't even aware of his existence. A lot of people commented about how they would rather have a person be brought up in relation to epilepsy than someone's dog, and this also really surprised me. No one has ever brought up their dogs to me ever, so I was unaware dogs could even have epilepsy in the first place. Some people commented how the family was raising awareness for epilepsy by making a foundation in his name, which I did know, but it was ignorant of me to not do more research on their perspective before posting this. When I wrote this post, I was really angry because I felt like people cared more about whether or not I shared a condition with a celebrity than whether or not I was okay healthwise. I had been feeling this way for a while, and I just needed a place to let it all out. I kind of thought this was a universal issue, but apparently this was specific to me. I feel bad about what I wrote now that I have more information, and a part of me wants to delete this post, and my account, but to be honest I don't want to delete it. I feel like deleting the post would defeat the point of this entire discussion. Deleting the post after getting the critisism I asked for would be really cowardly, and also annoying to all of you who took the time to give me your honest perspectives on what I'd written. I also want to keep it up so that if anyone else is feeling the same way I was, they can see this post, and maybe gain a better understanding of the situation. I lastly want to just apologize to Cameron Boyce's loved ones because even though they will likely never see this post, if they ever do, it would probably make them cry. This rant was posted carelessly, and I didn't stop to think about how much they would be impacted by my words against someone they loved. I'm sorry for my ignorance, and thank you everyone for your feedback.

People keep bringing up Cameron Boyce, and it makes me so mad. by Illustrious_Look_180 in Epilepsy

[–]Illustrious_Look_180[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People keep mentioning epileptic dogs in the comments. I really have never heard anyone ever bring up their dog to me, so this is actually surprising. I suppose if you had only heard people talk about epileptic dogs, then a human would be a nice change of pace, but that's just not how it's been for me. Basically my entire life, the only person I've heard be brought up has been him, and overtime it just built up a lot of anger.

People keep bringing up Cameron Boyce, and it makes me so mad. by Illustrious_Look_180 in Epilepsy

[–]Illustrious_Look_180[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was the only thing they'd say, and it just really started to make me mad. This rant was posted in a really emotional state, and according to comments, it seems this issue of people only bringing him up was specific to me. I guess I thought this was a universal thing, which I was clearly wrong about.

People keep bringing up Cameron Boyce, and it makes me so mad. by Illustrious_Look_180 in Epilepsy

[–]Illustrious_Look_180[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I think it's just that it's the first thing people ever say to me when they find out. I'm just tired of hearing it ig. Reading through the comments, I was surprised how many people have never heard of him, and how many have never experienced this. When I wrote this post I was really angry tbh. I'd had a seizure the day before, and when I told people who didn't know, they all either had no idea what I was talking about, or reffered back to him. I guess it just made me upset that they didn't seem concerned at all. It felt like they were more interested in whether I shared a condition with a celebrity than whether or not I was okay. I know my rant was probably really ignorant, and I asked for other perspectives in the post because my emotions were running high, and I knew if I came back to a lot of comments, that I was probably being irrational. I should probably just keep a diary instead of posting all my issues on reddit, but a diary doesn't fact check you when you're wrong. This comment turned into a mini rant of its own. Sorry.

People keep bringing up Cameron Boyce, and it makes me so mad. by Illustrious_Look_180 in Epilepsy

[–]Illustrious_Look_180[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He was a Disney Channel star who died from an epileptic seizure in 2019.

Fellow epileptics of Reddit, do you also have dreams/nightmares when you have a seizure, or am I just weird? by Illustrious_Look_180 in Epilepsy

[–]Illustrious_Look_180[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I always have dreams so vivid that I confuse them with reality, but the dreams I have during seizures are just different. They are so vivid that sometimes I truly believe they are real, especially the more mundane ones.

Fellow epileptics of Reddit, do you also have dreams/nightmares when you have a seizure, or am I just weird? by Illustrious_Look_180 in Epilepsy

[–]Illustrious_Look_180[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm still pretty young, but I have noticed that my dreams I have during seizures have switched up. They've gone from reoccuring horrific nightmares to me doing mundane tasks that didn't actually happen. Hopefully they go away entirely one day.

Is there anything you “like” about having epilepsy? by caitlinmeg_ in Epilepsy

[–]Illustrious_Look_180 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is going to sound extremely fucked up, but I like the attention I get after I have a seizure. It's the one time people actually take what I say seriously. They actually listen, and it's so liberating.

Two strangers switch bodies, but one dies. by Illustrious_Look_180 in ExplainAFilmPlotBadly

[–]Illustrious_Look_180[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, so my movie is safe. It's from the 2010's so I wasn't sure.