There will always be something that will never remain the same in a person after surviving a stroke. Mild or severe, a stroke can bring about changes in a person such as loss of memory, loss of muscle control and such. However, there are a few stroke survivors who had changed drastically, and quite bizarrely so, once they recovered from the “brain attack”. Let’s have a look at some of the strangest stories of how people changed after surviving stroke. Alun Morgan – The man who started speaking a different language In 2012, Alun Morgan survived a stroke at the age of 81. However, upon recovering, Morgan could not remember a word of English – the language he has been speaking all his life. The words that came out of his mouth were fluent Welsh. He was 10 years old when he moved out of Wales during World War 1 and never really got the chance to pick up the language. However, as a result of the stroke, his memories of early childhood with people speaking Welsh, which had remained deep rooted in his sub-conscience for 70 years, surfaced up and now Welsh is all that he can speak.

An unnamed woman in Genevea – She felt third limb growing in her body

When diagnosed at the Geneva University Hospital, the FMRI or the functional magnetic resonance imaging pointed out that the woman can actually feel what she had described as a third arm in her body. The doctors have coined the term SPL or supernumerary phantom limb for the phenomenon which is believed to be a stroke induced imagination. The doctors were quite amazes when they found her brain reacting as if it actually occurred when she moved her imaginary arm as asked by the doctors.

Mr. A – The man who became dangerously generous

According to a 2013 case study of a 49 year old Brazilian businessman, Mr. A, as he is called in the study, a stroke attack left the man pathologically generous. According to doctors, the stroke disrupted a sub-cortical region of the brain that is related to higher levels of thinking. As a result, the Brazilian businessman was seen giving away money, food and drinks in excessive amounts.

Although, behavioral changes after a stroke aren’t unusual, these were probably some of the most novel effects in the study of post stroke conditions.