Epilepsy: New self-help group from 21 September
After several self-help groups have already been founded this year, the next new offer will start on 21 September. Supported and accompanied in the initial phase by the Waldeck-Frankenberg self-help contact point, it is aimed at people affected by epilepsy and their relatives. It offers the participants mutual understanding, to be able to talk to each other, to feel understood and to find a way of dealing with the burden together, for better coping with everyday life. The aim of the new self-help group is also to educate the public about the disease.
The initiative for the foundation came from a person affected after a tip from the Korbach rehapro project "Time out for health". Interested people will meet for a first meeting on Thursday, 21 September 2023, at 4 p.m. at Treffpunkt e.V. Korbach, Flechtdorfer Str. 11. The meeting is organised and moderated by the self-help contact point. For organisational reasons, please register by 19 September 2023 by calling 05631 954-888 or emailing shk@lkwafkb.de. Further information on the new group is also available there. The self-help centre is looking forward to hopefully many participants.
Epilepsies are temporary malfunctions in which the brain or individual brain areas emit too many signals at once. This triggers the so-called epileptic seizures. Sometimes only individual muscles twitch - but the entire body can also convulse and there can be disturbances in perception and movement. This can even lead to a sudden loss of consciousness. A diagnosis of epilepsy is very unsettling for many of those affected.
Unfortunately, there is still a lack of accurate knowledge about epilepsies among the general public. They are one of the health disorders that are met with a multitude of misconceptions and prejudices, although expertise in this area in particular has increased considerably in recent decades.