• snek_boi@lemmy.ml
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    23 days ago

    Indeed, it is not what OP described.

    Post-traumatic growth is not

    • positivity -> positivity

    nor

    • negativity -> negativity

    but rather

    • negativity -> positivity.

    Ironic, isn’t it? How can positivity come out of negativity?

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      23 days ago

      positivity does not come out of negativity. it comes out of yourself.

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        23 days ago

        I agree. My characterization is a simple abstraction. We can, like you mention, be more precise about the mechanisms through which post-traumatic growth comes about.