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Damaged Goods

June 17, 2018
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There’s something liberating in being expected to fail. No expectations, no explanations.

After all, “you’ll never amount to anything,” you’re damaged goods.

So you’re free to fall on your face. Or reach for the stars. I did both…

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Tags: damaged goods, expectations, explanations, fail, fall on your face, reach for the stars, succeed

What’s YOUR Story?

January 15, 2013
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When did you find out that you had epilepsy?

How?

What did you do after being diagnosed?

How do you cope with it now?

Posted in Epilepsy, Tips
Tags: anger, believe, diagnosed, Dilantin, Epilepsy, fail, ignorance, pariah, Phenobarbital, secret, story, succeed

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Phylis Feiner Johnson

I've been a professional copywriter for over 35 years. I also had epilepsy for decades. My mission is advocacy; to increase education, awareness and funding for epilepsy research. Together, we can make a huge difference. If not changing the world, at least helping each other, with wisdom, compassion and sharing.

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