I think I missed the memo or was absent the day they discussed the bonus's of negative thinking. I'd like to point out that it takes just as much effort to think POSITIVE as it does to think negatively. For some thinking and being negative is a bad habit, the easy way to think or act. In the act of thinking or being positive, the view is much better and I think as a survivor that is limited in energy, being positive is more energy efficient. Plus I feel better mentally.

While reading the board this morning, I noticed numerous posts where the poster referred to the "STROKE DEMON" or the"STROKE MONSTER" wHAT HAPPENED TO JUST PLAIN OLD STROKE? wHY IS THERE THIS NEED TO USE TERMINOLOGY THAT PANDERS TO AN AUDIENCE THAT WATCHES NICKILODEAN?

I'll be the first to agree that having a stroke is a life altering event, that it has given me one of the most complex and complicated jobs I've ever held. It also has given me huge returns on my investment and some proud moments as a human.

Terminology is important. It defines how something is perceived.By calling it a demon or a monster is giving it character, substance and personality. That is giving an entity too many bells and whistles, that is better off being the plain jane version. At least that is how I look at it, I'll take being a stroke survivor instead of a stroke monster survivor. I already know it is an awful thing to survive, I'll pass on the cutesy names.

Yin