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Using "Who Am I?"

Cognitive recovery can be achieved on the condition that the normal psychological mechanisms of self-awareness and self-identity are maintained.

It is common for stroke survivors with cognitive impairments to have disruptions in self-awareness or self-identity. That is why they need psychological support alongside cognitive rehabilitation.

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A technique to help reconstruct self-awareness and self-identity

One technique is to remind patients about themselves, every time before starting the home-based cognitive trainings, by having them read or listen to a personal statement that includes the following.

  1. Personal history

    Their life story, family and work

  2. Strengths/weaknesses

    What they are good at and what they struggle with

  3. Current status

    How they are doing now

  4. Who they were before stroke

    What kind of person they were before the stroke

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Example: Who am I?

What you can expect

Once self-awareness and self-identity are reconstructed in this way,

  • the patient becomes more motivated for cognitive rehabilitation and follows the trainings better, and
  • it is said to have a positive effect on relationships with other people as well.
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