Held by Lightning A Memoir of Epilepsy Identity and the Fight to Be Understood

<p>What if your body could betray you without warning-and no one believed you?</p><p>In <strong>Held by Lightning</strong> therapist and author Carina Schroedel shares a raw honest account of what it truly means to live with epilepsy. Diagnosed at thirteen Carina grew up navigating seizures confusion stigma and the emotional fallout of being misdiagnosed dismissed and misunderstood. But this is not just a story about illness-it's a story about survival identity and the quiet power of refusing to disappear.</p><p>Told in two parts this book begins with Carina's lived experience-her journey through diagnosis memory loss shame motherhood and professional success. The second half offers insight for clinicians therapists and advocates providing tools to better support those living with invisible neurological conditions.</p><p>With clinical wisdom vulnerability and a fierce sense of purpose <strong>Held by Lightning</strong> is both a memoir and a resource-a voice for those who've had to live in the shadows of misunderstanding for too long.</p><p>Whether you live with epilepsy love someone who does or work in the healing professions this book invites you to see what's been overlooked-and honor what's been held in silence.</p><p></p>