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NikNikSenior Contributor
Join @Former-Member from 7pm AEDT discussing and exploring Post Traumatic Growth, a theory 'that people who endure psychological struggle following adversity can often see positive growth afterward.' - Richard Tedeschi, PhD, and Lawrence Calhoun, PhD, Journal of Traumatic Stress, 1996
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Hi @Mee and welcome, glad to have you join us and share your experiences and thoughts on this subject
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MeeCasual Contributor
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Phoenix_RisingSenior Contributor
@Mee I'm really sorry that a therapist called you a liar. What happened to you when you were so young was truly awful and you deserved to be believed. I believe you.
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MeeCasual Contributor
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I'm not sure I've kept up with the convo - but I'm loving it so thank you - but to pick up on the re-telling piece....
I think that making meaning out of trauma and tragedy is a key piece in PTG. But that's very unlikely to be possible in the immediate aftermath. There's too much shock, pain and confusion. Too much struggle. And who's to say how long the 'immediate aftermath' lasts anyway. It's so individual and there's no time-limit. You can be thrust back into the immediate aftermath after a recovered memory and re-triggering event. So it's not about dates and timelines.
But when it comes to making meaning I think of someone like Rosie Batty. Who took such a horrifying trauma and turned it into a crusade. Not all traumas, and the subsequent actions, are that dramatic and high profile. But many of us will have more personal examples of how we took something truly terrible and found a way to give it meaning.
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Phoenix_RisingSenior Contributor
@BlueBaywrote:Yeah @Phoenix_Rising I understand now. thanks. Sorry I'm a bit slow and sometimes i need a bit of explaining. 🙂
@BlueBay slow is my favourite speed. I'm a sea turtle you know. 
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healthyhealingNew Contributor
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MeeCasual Contributor
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BlueBaySenior Contributor
@Former-Member I'm sorry Suzanne I think i need to go. just getting a bit teary, it's getting too much for me right now. I'm sorry.
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