my sister once had a seizure (but not epilepsy) that I witnessed. It was pretty traumatic because it was just the two of us there in manhattan and I didn't really know what a seizure was...I thought she was going to have permanent brain damage or something.
As a result, after learning more about seizures and that they have auras, I ended up with this sort of PTSD situation starting about a week after the incident, and lasting about 2 months. I constantly thought that I or someone around me was about to have a seizure. I kept thinking I was having an aura. When someone else made a jerky motion, I thought they were about to seize. It was especially frightening when someone was driving me, because I was afraid the driver would have one (luckily I was not old enough to have my license yet...that would have been problematic.)
So...I definitely understand the totally irrational belief that you're having an aura! I knew it was irrational at the time and felt like an idiot, but I still couldn't help it....
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Date: 2007-10-11 01:22 pm (UTC)As a result, after learning more about seizures and that they have auras, I ended up with this sort of PTSD situation starting about a week after the incident, and lasting about 2 months. I constantly thought that I or someone around me was about to have a seizure. I kept thinking I was having an aura. When someone else made a jerky motion, I thought they were about to seize. It was especially frightening when someone was driving me, because I was afraid the driver would have one (luckily I was not old enough to have my license yet...that would have been problematic.)
So...I definitely understand the totally irrational belief that you're having an aura! I knew it was irrational at the time and felt like an idiot, but I still couldn't help it....