Dostoyevsky's Epilepsy

Dostoyevsky's epilepsy resulted from repressed ambivuence toward his father. He was just not mature enough to handle all the praise coming his way without it going straight to his head, he says. Rune gerard writes about this period in dostoevsky's career saysthe young writer takes all the flattery quite seriously. The others initially smiled at this, but soon they were annoyed. All the underground mechanisms then began to function. Their pride injured, the others attempted to injure dostoyevky. In turn, Dostoyevksy tries to defend himself. But the match is not equal. It became as if he was two different people