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Anger

Anger Leads to “I’m Sorry” Later On Among the Brain-Injured: But WTF Happened to Cause Anger in the First Place?

Joyce HoffmanJanuary 23, 2025January 24, 2025

Beginning with the stroke 15 years ago, I've encountered anger, less now, but it's still there. Let's take an example first. Recently and for the first time, my Zoom meeting,...

Anger Stress

Treadmill With One Functional Arm?

Joyce HoffmanOctober 7, 2024October 9, 2024

We get this question every so often from stroke survivors. "Should I use a treadmill with one functional arm?" I wrote this post many years ago. This same story holds...

Anger

Stop Saying, “You Can Do Anything as a Stroke Survivor!”

Joyce HoffmanOctober 27, 2022November 12, 2023

I am so frustrated by that expression: "You can do anything as a stroke survivor!" So please stop. Ok? I am an intelligent being, so I know this statement is...

Anger

4 Things That Stroke Survivors Think About, Whether They Admit It Or Not

Joyce HoffmanMarch 26, 2022May 29, 2022

There was a commercial back in the 90s. Please watch it now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOnENVylxPI&t=30s&ab_channel=AnthonyKalamut There are therapies out there for drug users and if they don't leave before it's finished, and...

Anger

No Use in Hiding It Anymore. I Have Aphasia.

Joyce HoffmanOctober 4, 2021November 29, 2021

Aphasia is one of those conditions you can't hide for long. You can say, "I'm having a senior moment," but when you say it all the time and you're...

Anger Education

10 Things You Should NOT Say to Somebody Who Is Depressed for Whatever Reason and What You Should Answer All the Time

Joyce HoffmanApril 3, 2019November 29, 2021

The first year of my stroke in 2009, I was depressed, so much so that I was embarrassed to go outside and socialize. I thought everyone was staring at me...

Anger

In the Hapless Wheelchair: Talk To Me When You’re Talking To Me!

Joyce HoffmanOctober 29, 2017November 30, 2021

It was a recent HBO limited series called The Newsroom. Starring Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy, a cantankerous insomniac and often narcissistic news anchor, he became involved in a scuffle...