Healing Metaphors A-Z - Stroke

Stroke
We have a stroke because a blood vessel becomes clogged or ruptures in the brain resulting in potential damage to the area of the brain fed by that vessel. This reflects a place where we feel so much stress, emotionally or otherwise, that it seems as if we can’t go on. We feel stabbed by some deep hurt. We have a shattered dream, an immense disappointment or an idea that we can’t accept. We are in conflict and as a result we’ve put a great deal of internal pressure on ourselves. We’ve ‘blown a gasket.’

Chuck Spezzano and Janie Ticehurst, Healing the Body Through Mind and Metaphor