Epilepsy is the most misunderstood of all neurological disorders known to man. Even though modern medicine (a very recent development in human history) learned that epilepsy was a common variation in biology, the roots laid down by centuries of misunderstanding have yet to be pulled from the society's social consciousness. While medicine and now epilepsy advocacy (just appearing in human history) are beginning to make slow progress, the dark and widespread feeling that epilepsy is a bad thing persists in the society today. Epilepsy is undoubtedly the last medical disorder to be so greatly punished by the assertion that seizures are a sign of emotional disturbance and intellectual retardation. From dark and unseen depths, feelings that epilepsy is bad continue to influence individuals' thoughts and behavior. Certain stigmas about epilepsy occur over and over in this society's culture. In this article, the author explains how parents of a child with epilepsy cope with the stigma of the disorder.