Recently I watched Jane McGonigal’s latest TED video (http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/jane_mcgonigal_the_game_that_can_give_you_10_extra_years_of_life.html). In her talk she referred to something that I’ve seen but never heard defined before—“post-traumautic growth.” We have become increasingly aware of those suffering from PTSD—“post traumatic stress disorder. Experienced most commonly by our returning soldiers, PTSD can be debilitating and paralyzing. But there is another possible outcome of stress–post-traumatic growth. From Wikipedia:
To read the full, original article click on this link: The Power of Redemption: Understanding Post–traumatic Growth Syndrome
