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How a Stroke Survivor and his family deal with the emotional roller-coaster ride following a massive Stroke. This is a true story of a Stroke that took Terry Underdown & Barb totally by surprise on a beautiful day in February 2011. This massive Stroke was caused by having Atrial Fibrilation or Irregular Heartbeat. Terry, at 61 was totally paralyzed on his left side at the time. After this happened, they did a lot of research and there is a lot about the physical aspects of a Stroke, however, none that they could find that dealt with the emotional changes in a Stroke Victim which they felt were far more important.Most people today recognize the power of the mind to influence sickness, disease and recovery. Unfortunately there is still a lot of misinformation about this area and it is often ignored altogether. Both Terry & Barb can now see just how important the mind is in regard to someone having a Stroke in particular. There is a lot of mind chatter going on in the head and such a lot of it is not even valid. During the time after the Stroke that Terry had, his mind played heaps of tricks on him. He would look at Barb as if she was out to get him (in some way).This was totally irrational as they have a fantastic marriage of over 40 years, 5 kids and 12 grandbabies later. This was very hard for his wife Barb to deal with initially as she just couldn't work out why he could think that way. After a while they worked out and initiated 21 strategies to help get themselves through this and they do hope that the reader also gain some insight into the mind of a Stroke victim.If you are a Stroke Survivor or know someone who is one, then feel free to contact them through their website http://www.barbunderdown.com. They will answer all genuine emails.