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Scenario

When your emotional reality does not match the expected narrative

Everyone tells me I should be grateful for surviving cancer but I am angry about the time I lost and I feel like a bad person for not having the right story.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Social expectations around appropriate responses to trauma can invalidate authentic emotional experience and complicate healing.

Your guide for this
Patan
Patan works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Narrative therapy and story-rewriting?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.