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Although there are many different ways in which a person with epilepsy can cope with the psychosocial issues and concerns surrounding his or her experience with epilepsy, this section will provide you with some information regarding what you, personally, can do to help you cope with epilepsy.
Because each person is a unique individual and is affected by many factors that are quite different from anyone else, the following information in this section may not be beneficial nor appropriate for your own case. Thus, because this information is very general in its application, we recommend that you consult with your physician and/or seek professional support from Epilepsy Toronto before making any major lifestyle changes within your own daily life.
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What is "self management"?
Self-management involves the things that you can do to cope with epilepsy. It means taking control over your own life, your own thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It also means taking positive actions and steps to manage and control your seizures. By managing and controlling your seizures, this means reducing the amount and severity of seizures that you experience.
There are many different actions and steps that you can take to help you cope with epilepsy and improve your physical, social and emotional health and well-being. Please follow the links, below, to find out more about these positive actions:
Through utilizing these self-management techniques, you will be taking concrete action and steps so that you are helping to create a more positive and healthier life for yourself. When we say "healthy," it means much more than an absence of physical and/or psychological illnesses and/or disorders. A "healthy" person is an individual who experiences a more positive quality of life. Thus, being healthy means being physically healthy, as well as experiencing emotional and social well-being.
( Thanks to Margaret Walker Sullivan, "Coping Strengths," in Living with Epilepsy) |
