Tag: post traumatic growth

Faith in Oneself: How Adversity Made Me Anti-fragile

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Post-traumatic growth doesn’t look like Superwoman. It’s simply the strength to endure.

“Can Trauma Help You Grow?”

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For The New Yorker, David Kushner writes about post-traumatic growth, the sense of deepened meaning that many trauma survivors experience. “The existence of post-traumatic...

Passage

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When I was twenty-eight, I had what is commonly referred to as a “psychotic break.” It was nothing like what I would’ve imagined, given the cultural stereotypes. It was not in the least nonsensical. There was an exacting inner logic and meaning. Twenty-two years later, I continue to believe in the harrowing greatness of what my younger self went through.