Strokes are life changing events, regardless of the severity of the stroke. Stroke survivors often lose their independence, self-worth, confidence, jobs, relationships, careers, their ability to parent or perform daily living activities and often their well-being. However, on top of that they also lose their ability to enjoy intimacy after stroke due to body image/confidence issues, sexual apathy/frenzy or because one partner is unable to return to being intimate after having been a carer.