How has your identity changed after stroke? Below Deb shares her perspective on identity after stroke. ❓Question to Deb: When writing Identity Theft, what was your working definition of “identity”? A: While writing the book, we actually had trouble finding a single definition for “identity” that we really liked. There are dozens, if not hundreds out there in the literature. We settled on one used by psychologist David Gergen: “one’s identity is continuously emergent, re-formed, and redirected as one moves through the sea of ever-changing relationships. In the case of ‘Who am I?’ it is a teeming world of provisional possibilities.” When we talk about identity, we often talk about four things we think are really important: ➡️ We all have multiple identities. Although we often describe ourselves in terms of the work that we do, it’s important to remember that we are more than just our work. We are parents, children, siblings, sports lovers, volunteers, etc. Identities change. ➡️ We...