To find this offensive

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As I was leaving my neurology appointment, I have epilepsy, the receptionist loudly said to her colleague "I nearly had a fit the other night when I saw the state of the house".

To me wrong in many ways. Firstly, wrong terminology secondly, demeaning to people who have SEIZURES, could be upsetting for those newly diagnosed plus just generally inappropriate.

It's a turn of phrase. It wasn't designed to upset. You sound like you were looking to be offended. YABU

I would assume she meant hissyfit - which is a well known term for a loss of temper

I think you are being a little over sensitive x

oh sweet jesus its just an expression!! ffs.

I find it highly offensive and think she should remember where she is working. I was certainly not looking to be offended.

How is it demeaning? Genuine question.

Probably a badly thought out comment but I don't see that it is offensive.

I don't think it's professional for a nurse in a neurology department to joke about fits. YANBU.

YABU

jeez oh, everything these days offends someone

I have epilepsy. I frequently have "fits" at the state of things. It's nothing to do with my seizures, and I wouldn't have been offended.

That said, this was at your neurology clinic, so you might want to have a word with them about being a little more understanding regarding the issues of the patients surrounding them.

Yabu, sorry but it's just an expression.

So she was jerking around on the floor unable to speak and unconscious. Hmm.

You were over sensitive , she didn't mean to offend you.

hissy fit - from the term 'hysterical fit of anger' - fit does not and never has solely referred to an epileptic seizure - so sorry, yabu

I find it highly offensive

As the great Stephen Fry famously said "So fucking what".

I often here "god almighty it drives me mental"! I suffer depression and attend counselling. should I be offended?

YABU, you knew what she meant and its a perfectly acceptable turn of phrase.

^"So she was jerking around on the floor unable to speak and unconscious. Hmm."

Not all seizures are like this. Mine aren't.

Under the circumstances- there is obviously a training need.

Under any other circumstances- just an expression.

I've had depression. If somebody at a doctor's surgery said "I was so depressed about the state of my house", I would not find it at all offensive. It is a turn of phrase, as is "having a fit".

If its the wrong terminology how does it relate to you at all?
I have a son with epilepsy, I don't find it offensive. A) because he doesn't have "fits", he has seizures, so its obviously an entirely different word which is unrelated to his epilepsy and b) everyone knows this colloquial usage as its a long established one.

Plus what is demeaning about it anyway? Epilepsy is not something to be ashamed of, merely a neurological difference.

ok now you sound unhinged with your last comment. eyeroll

YABU

There are all kinds of 'fits'. Fits of laughter for example.

Well I was offended and that is what matters

So she was jerking around on the floor unable to speak and unconscious. Hmm.

FFS.

She was using an IDIOM. Are you always this literal? Your username suggests that you understand wordplay and non-literal use of language. Your reaction makes you sound like you look for opportunities to be offended.

Nothing more than a foot in mouth situation because of where she was. Fit has more than one meaning, if she had used the word seizure it would have been insensitive, but she didn’t.

Well its your right to find whatever you like offensive. Its completely subjective based on your own experiences.

Its not good for your psychological health though.