{"id":8777,"date":"2021-11-25T00:32:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T04:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/?p=8777"},"modified":"2021-11-25T00:32:49","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T04:32:49","slug":"post-traumatic-growth-smith-94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/?p=8777","title":{"rendered":"Post-Traumatic Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Smith-24.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Smith-24.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Smith-24.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Smith-24-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Smith-24-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Smith-24-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Smith-24-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Post-traumatic stress is a familiar idea.  We have come to accept, if not expect, that trauma results in psychological and physical damage.  But what about post-traumatic growth, &#8220;the positive change experienced as a result of the struggle with a major life crisis or a traumatic event&#8221;?  Researchers have found that humans not only &#8220;bounce back&#8221; after traumatic events but actually push forward &#8212; taking professional risks, strengthening their relationships, and feeling a deeper sense of gratitude.<\/p>\n<p>So often we think of loss as only destructive, but it is also generative &#8212; because every ending is also a beginning.  When one thing vanishes, a space is created in its place.  Of course, when we grieve, we are mourning a loss, but why not also ask what might grow in that barren place?  Why not ask: What could I plant there?<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Maggie Smith, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Nonfiction\/keep_moving_smith.html\">Keep Moving<\/a><\/em>, p. 94<\/p>\n<p>Photo: South Riding, Virginia, November 1, 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Post-traumatic stress is a familiar idea. We have come to accept, if not expect, that trauma results in psychological and physical damage. But what about post-traumatic growth, &#8220;the positive change experienced as a result of the struggle with a major life crisis or a traumatic event&#8221;? Researchers have found that humans not only &#8220;bounce back&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-growth","category-healing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8777"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9098,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8777\/revisions\/9098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}