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Why positive reframing of trauma sometimes feels false

My therapist keeps asking me to reframe my childhood trauma as a source of strength but it just feels like lying to myself.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Forced optimistic narratives can invalidate genuine experience and prevent authentic integration of difficult material.

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

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