Getting dressed every day and trying to look your best may boost your feelings and those of persons around you. It is also important to discuss how your mate feels about the way your body has changed since your brain attack. Open communication is the key to an honest change of feelings. Remember that in all partnerships it takes effort to maintain what is good and to correct what is not. This is true whether or not it involves people with disabilities.
Professional help is always available, including doctors, nurses, psychologists and social workers.
They can also refer you to someone who is trained to do so. Fears About Resuming Sex You or your mate may have unspoken fears and may avoid intimate encounters. Delaying intimacy only increases the anxiety surrounding sexual intercourse. This is a major concern of stroke survivors and their mates. The chance that another brain attack will occur during lovemaking is very unlikely.