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Why a traumatic experience could be good for you
AOL: Finding out you have a serious illness or being in an accident is not something you might associate with changing your life for the better. However a psychologist has discovered that having a traumatic
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Where’s My SuperHero Cape?
Woman’s Day: A few days ago I talked about divorced people having a higher incidence of early death. Gee, that was swell, wasn’t it? That was the bad news, though, and now for the good
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Better Treatment for PTSD
What happens when fear — a psychological mechanism that protects us from harm — becomes unmanageable after a traumatic event? APS Fellow Edna Foa, one of TIME’s 100 most influential people in 2010, is an
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New Research Shows That Life’s Tough Experiences Do Make Us Stronger
Discovery Fit & Health: Often times when life hits us like a ton of bricks it leaves us saying “why me”? And after the event has passed we once again come back to the age
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Adversity, Trauma May Boost Mental Toughness
msn Health: New research finds some truth in the old saying that whatever doesn’t kill you will make you stronger. While extremely harrowing experiences such as being assaulted or surviving a hurricane can cause psychological
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Adversity, Trauma May Boost Mental Toughness
U.S. News & World Report: New research finds some truth in the old saying that whatever doesn’t kill you will make you stronger. While extremely harrowing experiences such as being assaulted or surviving a hurricane
