[Epilepsy] gave her an adversity to fight against. It had shaped her personality, the need to be careful and secretive, and the ability to see things a bit differently from the neurotypical. She granted that this feeling of having a broken brain that required her to be sensitive, to look always inward to survive, might be why she turned artist.
Thomm Quackenbush, Flies to Wanton Boys
artist, epilepsy, epileptic, neurodivergent, neurotypical