The Coconut Day: A Poetic Interpretation of Seizure Experiences

Abstract: This article presents a fraction of an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) of people's seizure (ictal) experiences. In addition to undertaking individual analyses and across case analyses, a poetic interpretation (SZTO, FURMAN & LANGER, 2005) of participant's words was undertaken which focussed on bodily experiences and consciousness. The interpretations indicate participants' awareness of biological events unfolding; their abilities (or not) to interact with others; personal resignation to having the condition; and the effect epilepsy has on their lives. Although people are not always able to respond appropriately to events external to them during a seizure, having some conscious awareness allowed one man to act to save his life. Findings from the study shed light onto subjective seizure experiences of consciousness. Collecting similar accounts could begin a corpus of data to inform research on ictal consciousness. The poetic interpretations below provide a porthole to .... https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1942

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: The Coconut Day: A Poetic Interpretation of Seizure Experiences ; volume:14 ; number:2 ; day:22 ; month:05 ; year:2013 ; Forum qualitative Sozialforschung ; 14, Heft 2 (22.05.2013)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Featherstone, Valerie Anne ; Sandfield, Anna

Further information

• DOI: 10.17169/fqs-14.2.1942
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs1302185
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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