Was it a stroke of luck?“You’re lucky.” It’s a phrase I’ve heard often since my stroke—lucky to have my sight, lucky to have avoided more severe deficits, and lucky to be here.
I don’t feel lucky about what happened. But I do feel grounded in gratitude for the path of healing I’m on, for the people walking beside me, and for the ways this experience continues to shape how I see myself and the world. This blog is where I make sense of that journey in real time—through story, reflection, and the quiet work of rebuilding. |
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Chapter 3: Healing
Day 16: Revisit a time you felt the most disconnected in your life. What happened? How did it impact your thoughts? What lessons did you learn from it? The most the most disconnected I've ever felt is over these past few years. I feel disconnected from my body and my life in many ways. I think the most obvious is the out of body feeling for the past two years due to the neglect and extension along with my left side. Less obvious is the emotional disconnect I've felt - it's a distance that has been hard to notice sometimes and I bet it makes me seem either self-centered or insensitive. It's hard to remind yourself to feel or to reach out to your emotions .I've been made to feel like a shittier version of myself. I've learned I need to check in more and be slower, to give time to brain connect more than body connect. I really miss the body connection. |
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