“We never give up!”

The Csmarits family from Maria Alm am Steinernen Meer (Austria)Angi Csmarits is a 15-year-old pretty and bright teenager from Maria Alm (in the Salzburger Land Region in Austria), who has been affected by epilepsy since she was ten years old. She is the oldest of 3...

“I love someone with epilepsy”

Andrea and Ralf Budweiser from Gschwend Ralf loves Andrea. Andrea loves Ralf. They have been together since 1999 and they got married in 2007. Before that, they quickly built a house with a heated outdoor pool in Gschwend in Germany. It’s that simple, just normal. Two...

“Mummy, I’m scared I’m going to die”

Selina, soon to be 6 years old, has epilepsy. She is a picture-perfect, bright, adorable girl with big eyes. The first major seizure was in November last year, but before that there had been repeated absences since 2019. No one was prepared for a grand mal seizure...

A life with epilepsy and love

Florian from MunichFlorian is 40 years old, the younger of two brothers, who lives with his 76 year old mother in Munich. Florian has had epilepsy since he was nine years old, possibly as a result of meningitis/encephalitis that was detected too late. His mother...

“Parents must be strong for their children”

Epilepsy diagnosis This is the Köse family who lives in both Germany and Turkey. In October 2020, their daughter Yagmur Tuana had a grand mal seizure at night. At about 5:30 in the morning, the bed began shaking heavily. Arzu looked at her daughter and thought she was...