That's it I have read one too many articles written by pdocs and researches and journalists who use the word devastating to describe sz. Yeah it sucks but really the only other time I routinely hear the word devastating is with regard to natural disasters that destroy many lives and properties. So I think if people are going to give it that kind of weight maybe it's time to live up to it? If you could equate your sz to a natural force what would it be?

The goal for me is to swap in my head every use of the word devastating for the equivalent natural force when reading the article just for kicks....so it will go a little bit like

"Sz is a devastating mental illness" will be changed to "tropical storm sz strikes off the coast of ..."

Anyway just for fun what would you pick? I'm going to set up a poll but feel free to think outside the lines and comment below....