by Larissa Hurt | May 21, 2024 | Larissa Hurt, Live, Laugh, Life Stories
I had my first seizure at 17. As if foaming at the mouth and wetting myself wasn’t embarrassing enough, it happened in my sixth-form common room. Crushes, mean bullies and friends watched me collapse onto the floor, shaking. I didn’t know it then, but I had...
by Jess Whitaker | May 20, 2024 | Jess Whitaker, Live, Laugh, Life Stories
As if being in your twenties wasn’t enough to worry about … Young women entering adulthood explain how their lifelong illness won’t stop them achieving their goals. Packing your bags and leaving home for the first time to make the big move to university. Buying pots...
by Larissa Hurt | Apr 24, 2024 | Health SOS, Larissa Hurt
I had my first seizure at 17. I had a disability . If foaming at the mouth and wetting myself wasn’t embarrassing enough, it happened in school. Past crushes, former bullies and friends watched me slump to the floor shaking: both my parents rushed from work and an...