Peer support

Only someone who has gone through the same experience knows how you feel. Peer support is voluntary, confidential and equal communication based on similar experiences. It helps you to feel that you are not alone with epilepsy.

Peer support is all about sharing experiences

Peer support is sharing experiences with a person who has gone through the same situation as you.  The most important elements of peer support are listening and sharing. When a person receives an epilepsy diagnosis, seeking information is important. It is crucial to hear what the diagnosis means in practice and how it influences daily life. Those in similar situations can share their experiences of survival or living with an long term condition. At best, peer mentoring can improve your quality of life and provide help and support in daily challenges.

Peer support in Finnish Epilepsy Association

We educate and encourage those with epilepsy and their loved ones to share their knowledge with others.

We have around 40 peer support volunteers who act as peers and support others with the knowledge from their own experiences. Trained peer support volunteers share their knowledge at hospital information days, epilepsy courses, peer groups, trainings, events, online environment and in the media. These volunteers are important experts, mediators and exchangers of authentic experiences of the daily life with epilepsy.

How to find peer support?

Peer support is present in everything we do: at the Finnish Epilepsy Association’s and the local association’s events and occasions, in Friend Cafes, courses, various meetings, but also online, in videos, podcasts and other recordings. Our activities offer many opportunities for exchanging experiences, for example by age, diagnosis or life situation. If you are looking to find peer support for your situation, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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