post traumatic growth

I have no idea why I have this. Ask your doctor what stroke protocol you need to follow to have this beneficial occurrence. Its only been 4 7 and 10 years since your doctor should have known about this.
Definition here;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posttraumatic_growth
Post-traumatic growth or benefit finding refers to positive psychological change experienced as a result of the struggle with highly challenging life circumstances.^[1] These sets of circumstances represent significant challenges to the adaptive resources of the individual, and pose significant challenges to individuals' way of understanding the world and their place in it.^[1] Posttraumatic growth is not about returning to the same life as it was previously experienced before a period of traumatic suffering; but rather it is about undergoing significant 'life-changing' psychological shifts in thinking and relating to the world, that contribute to a personal process of change, that is deeply meaningful.^[1]


Articles here;

Facilitating post traumatic growth -2004

Post‐Traumatic Growth and Optimism as Outcomes of an Internet‐Based Intervention for Complicated Grief - 2007

 Client-centred therapy, post-traumatic stress disorder and post-traumatic growth: Theoretical perspectives and practical implications - 2010

Post-traumatic growth after head injury: A long-term follow-up- 2007