#166 Why Do People Treat Survivors This Way?
“I don’t always do this in public, because it’s exhausting—but I can, if you give me a minute.”
If you've ever filled in the blank, answered for your partner, or just wanted to make life easier—you’re not alone. But there’s a hidden cost to helping too much. And for survivors with aphasia, that cost is steep: they start to believe they can’t.
This episode is about the quiet way learned helplessness takes root in stroke recovery—and how we, as care partners and survivors, can stop reinforcing it without realizing. It’s not about blame. It’s about patterns. And the good news? Patterns can…
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