How To Recover What Was Lost in Stroke (What You Are Thinking - The Invisible Cure) When I had a stroke at the age of 36, which resulted in left side paralysis, I was determined not to be a handicapped person.
I had a team of doctors, a rehab regiment and a sister that was a nurse.
I did get everything back and I even discovered ways to use my mind that I was previously unaware of.
When a person has a stroke there is tons of support - we have Speech Therapists, Physical Therapists for our balance, Neurologists to access the damage but the thing I needed most and that was the key to my recovery that we did not have in 2001 and in searching the leading stroke survivor recovery guides today it still does not appear we have it yet is what I call "Thought Therapy" and "Thought Therapists".
I would often ask myself since my stroke and even today "Why are there not any "Thought Therapists?" What is a "Thought Therapist"? My definition of a Thought Therapist is a Therapist who specializes in getting you to recognize what you are thinking and get you focusing on thoughts that are going to benefit you, your stroke recovery as well as all areas of your life.
A Thought Therapist would have asked me as I was recovering "What are you thinking today Steve? What do you believe you can do that you have not yet done in your life? Can you tell me since the stroke is there anything that you initially could not do that you have since learned how to do?" I have yet to find a doctor who does not agree with me that after a stroke or any illness for that matter that a patient's "Thoughts and Beliefs" are as important as his or her actions yet this message in stroke recovery has been forgotten.
Aside from getting skin cancer in January of 2008 I have not been sick a single day since allowing my thoughts to focus on my health - my mind supports my perfect health.
I originally was prescribed six medications a day but I have not taken a single medication since 2007 and with my daily meditation practice my blood pressure and cholesterol are perfect.
I do not get sick anymore and every time I hear somebody say "I think I am coming down with the flu" or "I am going to be sick tomorrow" I ask him or her to be aware of the instructions that have just been given to his or her subconscious mind.
It is not just thoughts -what you say is important too because your subconscious mind listens.
After the stroke, I would tell people "I always spill" which was true before my stroke as well but now if I have an occasional spill I will say "Wow, I used to spill a lot -that never happens now".
As a result, I rarely have a problem in spilling because I do not allow the thought or comment that I spill a lot.
So anything right now in your life that you are doing that you would "prefer not to" (even for cigarettes) I believe the following statement could be effective - the statement "I used to" is a great way to tell your subconscious to support your decision to change a habit.
The same is true during recovery - it's what you say, think and believe that matters.
Today and starting in 2004, I started telling others "I got everything back and most things I do better" and it became true within a year and I added "I even got more back than I had before the stroke" and that is true today and has been for several years.
How many of the 800,000 annual Stroke Patients can use the Power of Thought, Beliefs and Thought Therapy to assist in recovery? I am sure it will help any who try it and I would expect many will be able to get everything back as I did if they stick with managing their thoughts.