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Porygon Was Innocent: An epileptic perspective on the infamous Pokémon episode

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162 points Aissen | 1 comments | 13 Nov 24 19:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.217s | source
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outworlder ◴[13 Nov 24 20:21 UTC] No.42129542[source]▶
> These include Absence Seizures, when a person stops what they are doing altogether, loses awareness but does not collapse or have visible convulsions; Myoclonic Seizures, when a person’s limbs suddenly jerk uncontrollably but they remain conscious and aware; and Tonic Clonic Seizures where a person loses consciousness, collapses, and their whole body convulses.

I've witnessed something that I've never seen described anywhere – a very similar thing to an 'absence seizure', but the person is still aware and responding but seem unable to break away from the empty stare even when they try.

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1. d1sxeyes ◴[13 Nov 24 21:40 UTC] No.42130305[source]▶
That sounds like a focal aware (simple partial) seizure. There are other things that it could be but if you want to search, you could try starting with those keywords.