Bellringing & Epilepsy

vinnie01

As for the 1st message to my epilepsy while ringing church bells became a hazard, my vice tower captain told my parent about what happend.

Aparrantly. I was ringing down my bell and I went in to a fit while I was in my fit I had hold my rope and another bell ringer or 2 had to pull it out of my hands with force.


After that I walked in to centre of the ringing circle to other bell rope which I fitted at b4 and tried to take it or something.

After this bellringer or other ppl or few had get me out of the ringing chamber I assume safety.

I didn't relised how much I frightend them

My Final decision for this as I me stopping ringing while getting over epilepsy may make me lose more skills from bell ringing ie Bell handling as it is already bad enough I can't plain hunt (ringing easy tunes on 1st bell) anymore which was embarressing and got a lot of shouting. I decided to quit ringing totally.
Even though I have work that goes through practice nites anyway.

Vincent

DucatiPro

Vinnie, I don't have much knowledge about bellringing or what is sounds like but I have had some issues with noise.

I started having seizures this last October 2003 and I could get a seizure if I listed to high pitched music. Kind of like techno music.

I have since become less affected by all noises but i did kind of expose myselft to some noices so that i could see what would happen.

I may have gotten use to the noises.

vinnie01

Hi, thanks for replying

I can listen them on CD or as wav files and I don't get a fit. Even half muffled bells ( This used to make me go cold due to ring these for a freinds funerual but that a long time ago.)

I can change pitch of the bells so they sound mornfal (lol) or really fast.

Im not sure if it is stress or something that brings it on.

I do like listening to diffent church bells they are very ineteresting.

Vincent