Physical & Emotional Abuse Support Group
Abuse is a general term for the treatment of someone that causes some kind of harm (to the abused person, to the abusers themselves, or to someone else) that is unlawful or wrongful. No one deserves abuse, period. Abuse can be emotional, physical, or sexual.
Is it possible that extreme emotional abuse can eventually cause temporal lobe seizures? I was raised in an abusive environment where I constantly received mixed messages. I married a man who was also emotionally abusive and also gave me mixed messages daily. Everything was always my fault in my family of origin and in my marriage. At 27 I developed adult on set epilepsy and eventually had to have brain surgery. I know that people who develop seizures sometimes have a tendency toward the possibility of developing seizures because it can be inherited but I'm wondering if being in an abusive environment all my life contributed to the development. Anyone have any thoughts?
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
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I'm trying to exercise daily. I was doing fairly well until I sprained my ankle 2 weeks ago but now I'm getting back on the horse. Today I walked over a mile with my arm weights that are about 22lbs total. I was out of shape and it was hard on my arms. I also did my 30 situps. I'm also going to drink a lot of water and try to eat healthy. I do tend to have a sweet tooth but I'm cutting...
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i know that abuse and trauma CAN definitely cause brain damage... and apparently this is more so when we are young and h=our brains are still forming.
i've also heard of ppl with bi-polar disorder being treated with seizure medications. i dunno if it's connected at all,....but maybe relevant somehow?
also, last april i was under high emotional stress.
my step-father was diagnosed with cancer and died within a month, my mother has untreated bi-polar disorder [among other things] and i was away at school for finals....traveling back home to help with my mum and step-father.
I go to a very competitive school, it was too much.
i would black out....for hours at a time
sometimes a noise would snap me out of it.
i've heard of seizures sometimes not being the kind we normally think of....
with convulsions...but more like....just black outs.
i have no idea if this was connected, but i thought maybe worth mentioning here. i never saw a doctor about it.
I'm sorry your going through this. it's aweful. *hugz* i hope that you do get away from these abusive ppls, you deserve better...