Aug 20, 2026 · 14 min · 9 segments
Not every silence after a stroke means someone's given up. If your husband has no motivation to do anything since his stroke or aphasia, here are the two most commonly confused reasons why, and…
Genevieve RichardsonHostHow do you know which one you're looking at? Maybe even both could be happening at the same time, depending on what is being asked of him or required of him at that moment.
And if this is your first time hearing this concept, stay tuned because it's important that you do stop guessing as a care partner because the risk is your relationship, your connection.
You are going to write down what you actually saw, not what you assumed happened.
Don't just look at one circumstance at a time because it may not give you the whole picture.
And you're not going to confront him because in whatever way actually fits where his aphasia is, you have to approach this differently.
Sometimes that means you're watching for the same pattern and you may see it pop up in different circumstances because these conditions are not black and white.
And if you want to get the full picture about the seven different reasons a person can't get off the couch, I encourage you to go back and look at episode 210, linking it up here, and it's in the show notes where you can understand the full picture of what could be going on.
How do you know which one you're looking at? Maybe even both could be happening at the same time, depending on what is being asked of him or required of him at that moment.
And if this is your first time hearing this concept, stay tuned because it's important that you do stop guessing as a care partner because the risk is your relationship, your connection.
You are going to write down what you actually saw, not what you assumed happened.
Don't just look at one circumstance at a time because it may not give you the whole picture.
And you're not going to confront him because in whatever way actually fits where his aphasia is, you have to approach this differently.
Sometimes that means you're watching for the same pattern and you may see it pop up in different circumstances because these conditions are not black and white.
And if you want to get the full picture about the seven different reasons a person can't get off the couch, I encourage you to go back and look at episode 210, linking it up here, and it's in the show notes where you can understand the full picture of what could be going on.
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