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How loss can develop an unwanted superpower for detecting suffering

My brother overdosed two years ago and since then I have been able to spot other people's hidden pain with an accuracy that scares me and them.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Intimate knowledge of devastation can create an ability to recognize pain in others that feels like both a gift and a burden.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Post-traumatic growth — what can grow in the soil of loss?”

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