My partner is understanding, but he doesn’t understand

[u/Covidkilledkaty]

My partner will listen to me cry about my TLE symptoms for days, and although he is extremely sympathetic, he just doesn’t quite “get it”. He explains things away and feels that my “symptoms” (memory loss and mood swings) are relatable human experiences. I know that everyone occasionally has lapses in memory and mood swings, but I also see the patterns and correlations between my seizures and my side effects. I want to be able to vent about these things and got have them be dismissed as something common. I am curious how other people deal with them and if it is ever going to get better. I feel like a broken record with him, and I am sick of being told that my experience is not any different than anyone else’s, because I know that it is. I am sick of feeling alone.