While I was late for school, I realized I forgot to take my epilepsy medication. #reddit #redditreadings People ask where I get these stories, I write them. I edit them. I upload them. Every one of them. Nothing pulled from other platforms. Appreciate you being here!

While I was late for school, I realized I forgot to take my epilepsy medication. My mom was already backing out of the driveway when I yelled, "Mom wait! I forgot my meds!" But she instantly looked pissed. Oh my god! Again with this stupid seizure stuff, but I literally couldn't leave without them. If I did, I'd be at huge risk of having a seizure. I knew I had no choice and reached for the door handle. But right before I pulled it open, the lock's clicked. Mom, let me out! No, I'm not going to be late because of your dumb fake disease. But before she could stop me, I unlocked it and jumped out before she could grab me. I just ran inside, but when I heard my mom get out and stomped inside behind me, I knew this was about to get bad. I ran upstairs and started trying to unscrew the cap. But my mom yelled, "You can kiss your iPad goodbye, you little brat!" I couldn't get the safety cap off and heard her footsteps getting closer. But right as I tilted my head back to swallow my two pills, she grabbed my arm. She snatched the pills out of my hand and I yelled, "Mom, I need those!" She held them up above her head where I couldn't reach them. My little brother had followed us inside, too, and said, "Mom, she needs them! I've seen her have a seizure before it's scary, but she didn't care. So you really think flashing lights will give you a seizure?" She walked over to the bathroom light switch, and before I could react, she started flicking it on and off as fast as she could. Flicks lick, and I felt shooting pain through my head instantly. I squeezed my eyes shut and turned away from the light, pressing my palms against my face. "Mom, stop! Ah!" But she just laughed. "Ha-ha! Oh, come on! You're fine, you little faker! I kept my eyes closed. Please just give me my pills. Please, I could hear my brother crying now. She's not faking! She could die!" Well, how come she's not spaszing yet? Maybe the lights aren't bright enough. I just stood there with my eyes covered, telling myself it was okay. But then she said, "Okay fine, here's your meds." And when I opened my eyes, I saw her holding her phone screen right up to my face. She was playing a YouTube video of strobe lights, and I instantly felt pain shoot down. My neck and arms, I fell backwards onto the floor crying now. My brother was, too. "Mom, stop! I'm gonna call the police! I saw him take out his phone as my mom walked out of the room, but when she came back, she said, "Finally, you guys are gonna believe epilepsy is just a fairytale disease. This is the real test. Open your eyes, but I kept them shut. She started to get mad, and before I could do anything, she grabbed my head. I felt a strap on the back of it, and before I realized it, she put something on me. Then I saw the brightest flashing colors of my life, completely surrounding my vision. I couldn't escape them even with my eyes closed. She'd put her VR headset on me, playing the same YouTube video at full brightness with loud, dubstep lasting in my ears. I felt my legs shaking, then my arms, and I did everything to resist. My little brother had enough. "Mom, stop it right now!" He yanked the VR headset off my head and threw it at the wall. My mom yelled, "What the hell? That cost 500 bucks!" She went to pick it up and said, "This better not be broken or you're next!" And she put it on to check. She strapped it over her head. The video of the strobe light still playing, but when she looked at those colors, me and my brother instantly noticed something was off. My mom kept mocking me. "Oh, look at me! I'm gonna start flailing my arms to get out of school!" But then she started stuttering. It's just a f- it's just a f- It's just a f- it's just a faked s- what? But then, all at once, my mom fell over and started kicking against the hardwood. We watched her, honestly thinking it was just another sick joke. But she started kicking the wall so hard it was leaving holes in it. My brother looked at me with wide eyes, and then ran over. He ripped the headset off, but my mom didn't stop. Her eyes were rolled back and she was having a real seizure. The police got there just in time to see this all going down. And when they took my mom to the hospital, we found out where I got my epilepsy from. She better hope there's no strobe lights in jail.