Twilight: Breaking Dawn... Causing seizures?



So the Twilight series has taken the world by storm since it first came out in libraries as novels... Even more so when it was turned into movies! I always made fun of my sister for being in love with the books and movies because they seemed so silly. A girl falling in love with a vampire? No way. Not cool at all!


One day, bored and alone at home, I watched the very first Twilight movie - and I fell in love, just like every other teenage girl in the USA. Ever since then I have been in theatres on opening week to see each new movie as it comes out. I was most excited to see the recent movie, Breaking Dawn.

This isn't really a movie review, but more of some interesting news I came across not only on the internet, but physically. I saw the movie with my boyfriend, and it was awesome! Well, until it came to the scene where the werewolves all come together to discuss the birth of Bella's baby. I wont ruin anything for you, but there were flashes of red and white lights along with layered images and sounds. A very "trippy" experience as some might say. The same happened during the birthing scenes.

I was whispering into my boyfriend's ear, telling him that the scenes reminded me of the types of things I see when I have seizures... and then I started to have some! No serious Grand Mal seizures, only simple partial. However, I had enough to make me wonder if I should have gone to see the movie or not. I closed my eyes for several parts of the movie to ensure that I didn't get overwhelmed, and it was a bummer that I had to do that but I had to keep myself safe.

My question to all of you... Do you think it's worth it to see a great movie if it means you might have a seizure? Did any of you actually HAVE a seizure during Breaking Dawn? Tell me in the comments, on Twitter, or on Facebook!

The video below explains why those scenes caused seizures in people with Epilepsy: