Can epilepsy affect your personality

Answer 1

Epilepsy is a physical condition, not a psychological one so it would not affect personality in itself. So the only way it might affect a child is the same way any illness that a child has may affect them. It depends how they react to it and how their friends react. It is important for them to be given as normal an upbringing as possible. A parent obviously has to be careful, but they shouldn't be over-protective. The nature of epilepsy means a person is perfectly fine 99.9% of the time. It is only when they are actually having a seizure that there is any difference. Other illnesses affect someone all the time. So in many ways it should be easier to treat a child with epilepsy like any other child. So a parent has a lot of responsibility in how a child develops. Give them the freedom to develop as normal as possible.

Answer 2

Epilepsy is a physical condition, not a psychological one. So in itself it does not affect personality.