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When your narrative is only about what you are overcoming

My whole life story is about overcoming obstacles but I am forty-five and tired and I want to know what I am actually moving toward.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Survival-focused stories, while adaptive in crisis, can prevent the development of generative life direction beyond mere endurance.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

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