Rene Peters
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I write what I know, usually in the form of poetry. I tend to lean towards mental health, epilepsy, and loss/grieving.
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My Life
This is my story from my teenage years... 13-17 (the most interesting ones): My grandma got a deadly diagnosis, stage four pancreatic cancer, in 2013. I was 13 when this happened and they gave her only 6-12 months to live with chemotherapy. I started having seizures and was diagnosed with epilepsy only a few months later. Within one year, I went through so many difficult events. Her diagnosis was in November 2013. My epilepsy diagnosis was in March 2014. Shortly after I got my diagnosis, as a 13-year-old, I got a third-degree burn. This burn required going to the hospital for the blisters to pop on their own. I was there for two nights and went for a skin graft less than two weeks later. After the skin graft, I was in the hospital for another night and missed a month of eighth grade. After the surgery had healed, or so I thought, I got a sunburn where the skin graft was done. I was just a stupid kid and did not know that a person could burn through a t-shirt.
By Rene Peters2 years ago in Chapters
View from the Floor
As many people here know, due to my previous articles and poems, I have a disorder known as functional neurological disorder (FND). A huge part of functional neurological disorder for myself, and many others, is a type of seizure called psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES). These seizures, while not dangerous, are very disruptive to daily life. They make me feel alone, weak, and not in control of my own anxiety (and other emotions).
By Rene Peters2 years ago in BookClub
Things I've Learned from Therapy. Top Story - August 2023.
Disclaimer: This list is not just from my own therapists but also stuff my friend's therapist has told her and she told me. It includes my own tips for some as well. Also, these are in no particular order.
By Rene Peters2 years ago in Motivation
My Newest (Unexpected) Diagnosis
Here's some background: I have had back problems since I was 16, when I got into a minor car crash. I initially saw my pediatrician and she did nothing about it besides some muscle relaxers. The pain was on and off for about six years, becoming less severe.
By Rene Peters2 years ago in Journal
