Posted by Quintal on March 3, 2007, at 18:57:45
In reply to Re: seizures, posted by Squiggles on March 3, 2007, at 18:24:34
They're not talking about convulsions when they refer to the 'Epileptic Personality';
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THE EPILEPTIC PERSONALITY:
Many epileptics and certain other people who do not have fits are very egocentric. They always want their own way, and they have to be the centre of the picture so that everyone and everything in the neighbourhood has to revolve around them. Such people, are of course, deficient in affection and regard for other people. The type of person we are considering is often singularly inconsiderate of others, even of his nearest relations. This being the case, he is peculiarly sensitive to anything which threatens or interferes with himself or his pride. When this happens he is apt to explode into ungovernable tantrums and outbursts of rage. Often it is difficult for the onlooker to determine what it is all about, since it is only with difficulty that he can realize the extreme sensitivity and remarkable egocentricity of these subjects. Nor is it easy to deal with them, since they think that regard for themselves overrides all other considerations; and since they have little or no affection for others, there is nothing to appeal to in the way of altruistic feeling or rules of ethical behaviour.
Excerpt from "Psychology - the study of man's mind" The New Education Library 1959.
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