For years, I believed that if I did everything "right", I'd stop having seizures. That’s what the doctors told me. That’s what my family thought too. Sleep well. Eat well. Exercise. Take my medication. Avoid alcohol. When I still had seizures, it felt like I'd failed. I felt like I’d maybe not complied with that equation. What I eventually realised was that I'd been measuring success by the wrong outcome. Those habits didn't guarantee seizure freedom, but they changed how I f