This paper is related to a life experience and not only a theorical study. During three years of work as a voluntier at the Associação dos Epilépticos de Minas Gerais (Epilepsy Association of MG) I was allowed to meet some patients and ex-patients and to know their stories and hopes. Up to now, epilepsy does not have a satisfatory etiology. Considered as a symptom, it is very complex and causes crises and attacks. This suffering revels subjectivation that implies pain and fellings of impotence that should be respected by the whole society.
Epilepsy; Psychoanalisys; Subject; Citizenship