“Your trauma isn't what happened to you, it's the story you keep telling about it”
Agree
- Narrative creates suffering more than event
- We're addicted to victim identity
- Story reinforcement keeps wounds fresh
- Meaning we assign determines impact
Disagree
- Real trauma lives in body, not story
- This victim-blames and dismisses real pain
- Events have objective harmful impact
- Narrative is response to trauma, not source
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