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> Rogue Shadow VR says he caught up with the player afterwards on Steam, and that he is doing better now.

Since one of the definitions of "succumb" is "die from the effect of a disease or injury," this title is more than a little clickbaity! Mods, can you potentially edit to "User has seizure..."?

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I also associate succumb with die for some reason, although I'm not sure why. Maybe in the newspapers if they say 'x succumbed to their injuries' it would imply that?

If you succumb to cancer or another often fatal disease - "fail to resist" it -- that clearly has to mean death. If you succumb to a cold -- failing to resist it just means you are stuck in bed with a bad cold. So I think it's probably because you are used to hearing it used with more serious illnesses, and in your mind a seizure is closer to cancer than a cold.

You can absolutely die from a seizure. Very appropriate language IMHO.

Another is to "fail to resist", and I don't think the title is trying to imply the user died (at least I didn't read it that way at all).

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