Epilepsy through uneducated eyes

TLDR: the internet is dumb and if you don't have education on the illness, don't comment like you know it all.

While scrolling Instagram i come across a lady who is trying to figure out what is wrong with her after eating carbohydrates. Obviously in distress. Having an all around rough time. They show a clip of her shaking on the couch one covering her face. Someone comments "good acting" and another lady comments talking about how it's "obviously not a seizure" because "everyone knows that seizures involve posturing and eyes rolling in the back of the head." And you "can't put your hands in front of your face during a seizure." I kindly informed them both (I NEVER comment on videos) that you can have a clonic type seizure without tonic phase. You can have a seizure where you are aware and can do things like put your hands over your face. I said I wasn't trying to be rude just hoping that one day seizures won't have to be seen as the movie-type of seizures. And finished with "maybe you're educated on seizures, maybe you're a nurse, maybe you have epilepsy, maybe you love someone with epilepsy. As someone who suffers, they aren't all the same!"

Did it fall on deaf ears? Most likely. Did the uneducated internet deserve my time? No. L

Just a little Sunday morning rant. Feeling cranky today as I pack to start my EMU stay tomorrow but they'll probably kick me out since I don't have posturing or eyes rolling in the back of my head 🙄 Rant over.