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When growth narratives invalidate the reality of damage

My therapist says I have post-traumatic growth but it feels like spiritual materialism and I just want permission to say some things broke me permanently.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Optimistic frameworks about trauma recovery can deny the legitimate reality of irreversible loss and the right to grieve permanently altered capacities.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

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