Wow. Nobody has ever asked me this question. I will try to answer. My father is epileptic. He became an epileptic while he was in the Coast Guard. He "got" it at the age of 27. He told me he fell down a flight of steps while on duty and woke up an epileptic. I am not sure if that is the real reason or something else "triggered" it. My very first memory is of my father holding my younger brother and falling backwards and having a seizure. I remember thinking he was dying. He probably had seizures monthly. They were pretty violent also. I actually think i developed border line depression at a young age because of this. My dad wouldnt come home from work and we knew to check the hospital. Sometimes my dad's face and body was covered in bruises. Just seeing that always made me feel bad for him. He is a father of 4 and he couldnt really bring us to our hockey games or bring us out at all cause we were always worried he would have a seizure and we would have to go through the trouble of an ambulance coming and all that mess that we knew we could avoid. I remember feeling like if he had a seizure it was because i forgot to pray for him not to have a seizure the night before. I remember not going to school on days he was either in an aura or had a seizure, not because i needed to keep an eye on him, but because i felt like shit. I don't think i knew how to deal with any of this emotionally at an early age. Honestly, i used to count the seconds watching him have seizures. I always thought the seizure would continue and he would just suffocate to death. We were always worried about him. He was the first person i would check when i would wake up and the last person i would say good night to before I slept. This was to make sure he was not in an aura. I remember telling him not to go to work some days cause i knew it was coming. There is so much more but there is no need to add anymore sadness to this comment. I am now 32 and my dad is almost 70. I live 5 minutes away from him and my youngest brother stays with him along with 2 maids ( we live in a 3rd world country). We are actually really close to my dad and hangout with him all the time. I think we feel like its been our duty since day 1. I wish he was not epileptic, but i wouldnt want my life to be any different. He is probably the nicest man you will ever meet and I would die for him in a heartbeat. I used to blame GOD for his suffering but I have seen people and other families that suffer a lot more than we did(not related to epilepsy). Life wasnt meant to be easy. I know it is hard to follow but i have never been asked this question. A lot of emotions that i drank/smoked away. Nowadays we all smoke those bad feelings away. Haha. Pretty funny getting stoned with him and listening to his "pre epileptic" stories.