{"id":2825,"date":"2014-09-30T09:18:44","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T09:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/self-help-4-stroke-plugin-upgrade.local\/?p=2825"},"modified":"2015-05-29T12:40:58","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T12:40:58","slug":"richard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/?p=2825","title":{"rendered":"Richard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/204161258%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-YXkax&amp;color=990066&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp-spoiler-1\" class=\"wp-spoiler wpui-hashable wpui-narrow wpui-styles\" data-style=\"wpui-narrow\">  <h3 class=\"wp-spoiler-title wpui-hashable fade-true slide-true open-false\"><strong>Q. How have others reacted to your stroke?<\/strong><\/h3><div class=\"wpui-hidden wp-spoiler-content\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"speechquote\">Well, are you talking about how people have reacted or how I thought they reacted? To begin with I just about avoided everyone as I was convinced that everyone thought that I was stupid and would lose patience&#8230; as I took so long to get out what I wanted to say. It got so bad that I could go weeks without even talking to anyone. Eventually my partner twisted my arm and with my stroke nurses\u2019 support I agreed to go to the local communication group. I\u2019m glad I did, I found out that I wasn\u2019t alone and I became more confident.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>  <\/div><!-- end div.wp-spoiler -->\n<div id=\"wp-spoiler-2\" class=\"wp-spoiler wpui-hashable wpui-narrow wpui-styles\" data-style=\"wpui-narrow\">  <h3 class=\"wp-spoiler-title wpui-hashable fade-true slide-true open-false\"><strong>Q. How has your stroke affected your relationships?<\/strong><\/h3><div class=\"wpui-hidden wp-spoiler-content\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"speechquote\"><p>Initially, I was avoiding contact with my friends and family. Some friends tried to stay in touch, but because I didn\u2019t respond they drifted away. I\u2019ve made some new friends through the communication group and that has given me confidence to make contact with some of my old friends. My relationship with my partner has changed, he has had to take more control, but I hope that will change now that I\u2019m taking more control of things.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/div>  <\/div><!-- end div.wp-spoiler -->\n<div id=\"wp-spoiler-3\" class=\"wp-spoiler wpui-hashable wpui-narrow wpui-styles\" data-style=\"wpui-narrow\">  <h3 class=\"wp-spoiler-title wpui-hashable fade-true slide-true open-false\"><strong>Q. Can people see the effect of your stroke?<\/strong><\/h3><div class=\"wpui-hidden wp-spoiler-content\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"speechquote\"><p>I thought they could see the effect of my stroke, but really it was about how I was feeling as I\u2019d lost my confidence. I do have some language problems but other than that I\u2019m OK.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/div>  <\/div><!-- end div.wp-spoiler -->\n<div id=\"wp-spoiler-4\" class=\"wp-spoiler wpui-hashable wpui-narrow wpui-styles\" data-style=\"wpui-narrow\">  <h3 class=\"wp-spoiler-title wpui-hashable fade-true slide-true open-false\"><strong>Q. What is your take home advice?<\/strong><\/h3><div class=\"wpui-hidden wp-spoiler-content\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"speechquote\"><p>Don\u2019t make assumptions about things, try and keep an open mind about trying things. It may take some time to build your confidence, but like they say in the adverts \u201cYou\u2019re worth it\u201d. I still have some word finding difficulties, but as long as I keep calm and don\u2019t panic I can get by. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/div>  <\/div><!-- end div.wp-spoiler -->\n<div class=\"brainwave\">\n<h3>Key points<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>try and keep an open mind about trying things<\/li>\n<li>take time to build your confidence<\/li>\n<li>try to keep calm and not panic if you experience difficulties<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key points It&#8217;s important to: try and keep an open mind about trying things take time to build your confidence try to keep calm and not panic if you experience difficulties<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people-in-my-world-30914"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2825"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6338,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2825\/revisions\/6338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}