My Mother Accused Me of Faking a Medical Episode—She Didn’t Know the Cameras Were Recording

We worked on understanding that having epilepsy didn’t make me weak or dramatic or attention-seeking—it just made me someone with a medical condition that required management.

My father and Aunt Sarah became my anchors in this new reality. Dad’s house—my home now—felt safe in ways I was slowly learning to recognize. Medications sat openly on my nightstand continue reading …