Mental Wellness Stories
@hope · 2:33
TRAUMATIC EVENTS | In The News - how trauma can become a catalyst for personal growth
And we talk about trauma, remember, we're not talking about the big incidences or those are huge, the world stage incidences, but we're also talking about loss of a loved one and someone attacking you or having an accident. These are the things that happen sometimes on a daily basis to people. Not in series, hopefully, but they happen. And we have coping mechanisms. But sometimes that transformation that occurs is an incredible boost in our ability to cope in life in general
Angela Kaye
@AnngieKaye · 2:48
But just your synopsis of the article, it makes sense. You know, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. And there is such a thing as post traumatic growth because we're never the same after these incidences. And yes, we could be more fearful. We could be more cautious. We could lose sleep, have a change in appetite. We can do all of those things, but we can also be more discerning. We can also be wiser
Caron Post
@cpost17 · 3:50
Trying to think of some other important things that we can think about in terms of what can increase this kind of rebirth of a self and a more stable self representation as a result of having gone through a traumatic event. And yeah, a lot of it comes down to the internal resources we have in our own nervous systems, ways we can enhance those having to do with support and social resources all around, as well as access to the right kinds of interventions with a trauma that can
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 1:07
And I think that's where intervention is so important and access is so important. And you really reminded me of that. And the article also talks about that as well, a little bit. But I think it's our responsibility to, you know, for those that we hold during their trauma to, to really help find, you know, the, the option of help for them, because it's so important to have all the resources we can. Thank you so much
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 1:02
Hey Anne, thank you for your sort of reminding me that there is that wonderful added to what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. And I think, you know, this is layered so much, right? Because we want this idea of recognizing not just one big bullet of strength, but it's an incremental experience of knowing parts of ourselves that are stronger because of something we're dealing with
Hi there. I think and believe that our responses to traumatic events really say something about us, sometimes more than the actual event itself. And you never want to go looking for a traumatic event, of course, but how you just respond to it and process it really can say a lot about you and your ability to learn from it and become possibly a fuller self out of that experience
Kim Soliz
@apianogirl · 4:59
And I'm like, I don't see it because, like I said, I'm in this traumatic health issues, you know, that it just seems like every day there's something new and I can't win for trying, but I try not to let that bring me down. And have I grown from that? I mean, has this experience taken me to something else, you know, where I can help people through it? I haven't found that until I found swell
Thade
@mire_of_musing · 2:11
I appreciate you bringing up that traditionally, quote unquote, small traumas are still traumas. There's still things that we are allowed to feel overburdened and overwhelmed by. I think there's a tendency to compare our life experiences and what we've been through and almost in a way to minimize what we've experienced and for lack of better term, get on with it
Kim Soliz
@apianogirl · 4:28
Hi, Meyer, of musing. I agree with you. Small traumas need to be dealt with as much as the bigger traumas. And everybody's trauma is different from some will look different and feel different than someone else's. I think one thing I am learning, even at my older age, is that society expects. It just seems like there's this expectation that we all have to be the same