A Decision
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Hi folks.
something has changed. some fog has lifted. i feel better. thoughts seem more clear. i don't feel as afraid. i can smile and laugh some again.
and it has come with a decision of sorts.
my 3 small strokes occurred on November 4, 2008. i know that can not be changed, and i can never again be a “non-stroke-survivor.”
what i have decided, however, is that i no longer want to consider myself a “STROKE-SURVIVOR.”
post-stroke, that is what i naturally considered myself to be.
and i got stuck there.
and i stayed there.
and i wallowed there.
and i obsessed there.
and “STROKE-SURVIVOR” became my identity. BRIAN took on less meaning, and STROKE-SURVIVOR took on more meaning.
and i got lost in that place.
no more..............that is what i have decided.
no more.
i will use the term, “stroke survivor”.....but i will no longer let it be my only sense of identity.
i will not allow it to be all that i am.
i am a stroke survivor it is true. doesn't stop there though.
my perspective is back to what it should be.
I AM BRIAN.
AND I HAPPENED TO HAVE SURVIVED STROKE.
BUT BRIAN IS WHO I AM.
simple decision.....huge difference for me.
(took me almost two years to see this in proper persepective.)
and i am glad you all are here.
:bbq: BURGERS ARE DONE!.......WHO WANTS ONE???!!! :big_grin:
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