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.

Malcolm Myatt – the man who can’t be sad.

in 2013, Malcolm realized a huge change in him after spending 19 weeks in the hospital after a stroke. The 68 year old, lorry driver survived the stroke but it affected his brain’s frontal lobe – a part that’s crucial for identifying emotions. However, Myatt got the best bargain out of a stroke attack ever.

With the frontal lobe of his brain affected, he was left unable to feel sadness any longer. Malcolm, who had always been a cheerful man takes it as an advantage because being depressed doesn’t help anyone, anyway.

Chris Birch – the stroke that changed his sexuality

Chris Birch was 26 year old rugby player and already engaged to his girlfriend. However, everything changed when he Chris had a stroke attack one day while at training. When Chris finally recovered, he was a changed man. He declared he was gay, broke up with his girlfriend, quit rugby and his bank job.

He now works as a hair dresser and lives above the shop with his boyfriend. He lost oodles of weight since the incident and looks nothing like his rugby playing days.