The Hmong people are an ethnic group native to the mountainous regions of mainland Southeast Asia. What is traditional Hmong understanding of epileptic seizures?

The Hmong people do not see people who suffer from epileptic seizures as sick, in fact, they believe that these people are shamans.

Explanation:

The Hmong word for epilepsy is qaug dab peg which means "to be possessed by the spirit and fall down". Thus, the Hmong believe that an epileptic is a person who has been possessed by a spirit, and as result, is able to enter the spirit world.

This is why epileptics are considered shamans: because they can enter the spirit world, they can help the people who cannot, to find the answer to spiritual questions that can only be found in this realm.

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