Releasing an Imprisoned Spirit: Removing the Seizure Focal Point

by Karen Glumm

Overview

As a graduate student, Karen Glumm experienced two grand mal seizures and was placed on medication. After months of reading, Glumm realized she had experienced partial seizures as a child, but had accepted them as a regular fact of life and not a serious medical condition. This acceptance stemmed from her alcoholic parent's coping strategy of hiding deficiencies and deviations from normal behavior in order to continue drinking. Glumm mirrored this in her behavior regarding the new and confusing seizures she experienced.

In this medical biography, Glumm relates her erratic behavior as an undiagnosed epileptic, a gradual acceptance of the condition, and her hard-won success as a college student and Ph.D. with humor and honesty.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761835653
Publisher:	Hamilton Books
Publication date:	12/25/2006
Pages:	114
Product dimensions:	5.85(w) x 9.04(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Karen Glumm, Ph.D. is a social science faculty member at North Carolina School of Science and Math in Durham, NC. Her current research concerns the connection between state psychiatric hospital deinstitutionalization and the increasing prison population.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Prologue- Definitions/Descriptions Part 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Noticing the Epileptic - 1991 Chapter 4 Enter Historical Diagnosis: Flashback - 1978-1991 Chapter 5 Imprisoned in the Mind - 1991-2001 Chapter 6 Challenging the Spirit - 5/2001-9/2001 Chapter 7 Facing the Skeletons in the Closet - Early Fall 2001 Chapter 8 Releasing An Imprisoned Spirit - Fall 2001 Chapter 9 Learning to Laugh - Mid-late Fall 2001 Chapter 10 Epileptic Zoo - Late Fall 2001 Part 11 Summary Part 12 Epilogue Part 13 Appendix One- Annual Seizure Report and Accomplishments Part 14 Appendix Two- Personal Seizure Description Part 15 Glossary Part 16 References