I’m aware this is a controversial post and likely to get some kick back and response but I have some strong feelings so:

What’s genuinely nice about having a stroke in this era is that there’s an online community of other survivors at your fingertips to look at for tips, progression etc.

And while I’ll partake in putting some of my journey out there I’m aware everyone’s is different so I’m cautious to not be “look what I can do” even if I’m proud I don’t want my achievements to belittle others or discourage them.

While some people might post every step they take;what infuriates me is going a step further and trying to promote a religious skew with it. Religion is like an arsehole, everyone has one but to go round showing it off is uncouth and no one wants to see it.

If I believed in a god, any god, I’d be furious that my stroke had happened, why out of millions of people had my god decided I needed to be the one to damage so much and pull away so many things. If it were anyone’s choice for this to happen they would be a truly evil and malicious being, not some all seeing, caring creature; so excuse my eye roll and sigh when stroke survivors finish every social post with “god challenged me, god Is good” frankly your god doesn’t care and you believe in fairytales for children, isn’t it time you wised up a little.

Usually I have no interest in anyone’s religion. If a floating man on a cloud brings you comfort, then you deserve that comfort and I would fight for you to hold that opinion but don’t be using your catastrophic life event to shove your choices at other people.