Youth & Epilepsy
 Be Positive!
Most of the time, the way you handle a difficult situation determines your end result. Keep an open mind; don't dwell on the negative side of things. You may dislike taking your medication and feel that it sets you apart from others. Perhaps your condition sets you apart from your peers, but for the most part you are a normal adolescent with normal adolescent problems. When you are not taking medicine or having a seizure, would anyone be able to pick you out of the crowd and label you as "different"? Probably not!
What makes you "unique" is your personality, your attitude towards life, and how you are able to conquer difficult situations; your health history alone does not make you different.
Keeping an open mind not only makes you feel good, it influences the people around you as well. When a person is cheerful and is able to handle situations, it starts to rub off on other people.
Try it: Be positive!
- Gain a higher self-esteem.
- Do something. Don't just sit around feeling sorry for yourself.
- Find greater meaning in your life.
- Have more fun.
- Think, "I will achieve my goal if I give 100%", not that "there's no use in trying because I can't do it anyway".
- Be more outgoing; you will be more likely to meet new friends.
- Broaden your horizons. Being optimistic will allow you to look beyond what you know. You will be more willing to experience new things and may discover new opportunities.
Famous Quotes
"The future belongs to those
Who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."
Nietzche
"We can gain strength and courage and confidence,
By each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face.
We must do that which we think we cannot."
Eleanor Roosevelt
It is very hard to change your own patterns of behaviour and thought.
You, however, are the only one who can change the way that you feel.
Click here to download the PDF version of this kit.
The support of the Government of Canada
through the
Summer Career Placements programme
of
Human Resources Development Canada
is acknowledged.
Thanks to
Gina Su
for her work in this project.
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