Hello Laura - It’s been a while since you posted this message. How are you getting on? Has there been any changes?
I wonder if you are taking on too much too soon? As you say you are young and perhaps you just want to get on with things, but the stroke brain is saying, “Hold your horses” or “Let’s not try to run before we can walk”.
You may have seen from other members on this forum that things sometimes take time and it might be two steps forward and one step back. Your mind and your body is telling you something e.g. the aches and pains might simply be a sign of being tired from the recovery plan you have put in place and perhaps more down time or rest time is needed to recover and recharge.
Also, are you looking after yourself from a balanced diet perspective - are you getting enough protein, fibre, eating your greens etc. All this is needed for a healthy body and when you are recovering from an illness it is probably more important too. Then there is the hydration - are you drinking enough fluids to make sure you are properly hydrated.
As I recall, you stopped working following your stroke. If this is still the case, what has replaced the [large] hole that has been created as a result of you not working? I am not a stroke survivor, but I needed to be constantly working and when I had down time or was on holiday I wanted to get back to work (actually not very healthy as if you are working, you must make sure you have enough down time and take proper holidays).
I hope the responses you have had have helped you to feel less depressed and maybe come to terms with the “silly things”, which may or may not be silly depending on your voew point.
If you would like to do some brain training, I have rewired my brain or rather reorganised my brain as I don’t believe it has been affected by a stroke, at least not that I am aware of, and found doing a few puzzles daily has helped to do this.
I do word puzzles and sudoku, but you can do crosswords etc.
If you are interested, there is a little clup that posts on here regularly 
Takes care.
