Sunday, April 1, 2012

Psychological ‘Growth’ Through War and Disease: Sometimes It’s Just a Cruel Delusion

Psychological ‘Growth’ Through War and Disease: Sometimes It’s Just a Cruel Delusion

A week ago, The New York Times magazine ran an article on what psychologists call “post-traumatic growth.” An experience that can purportedly occur subsequent to PTSD, it might be best titled “The Oprah Moment” for non-clinicians. It entails an arduous life experience—combat, cancer—that, once confronted, is said to engender psychological transformation that affords a [...]

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