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lil  ·  3472 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Do You See Your Life as a Story?

Maybe when you see your life as a story, you also have the compassion to see other people's lives that way.

One type of therapy called narrative therapy teaches people to see their lives as various stories they tell about themselve. These stories can lead to dysfunction. The therapy teaches you to re-author your life story.





drobnies  ·  3472 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My therapist used to say that the trick in overcoming trauma is to be able to tell your story in a way that doesn't make you cry but that does makes other people cry.

OftenBen  ·  3472 days ago  ·  link  ·  

... Was just re-reading some old, depressing posts of mine and this is particularly poignant.

I think I'll have matured a great deal as a person when I'm able to do that.