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: Firda Aunidiah Putri : Traumatology

POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH

Post-traumatic Growth is the positive psychological change experienced as a result of a struggle with challenging life circumstances that represent significant challenges to the adaptive resources of the individual and/or an individual's way of understanding the world and ones their place in it. It is an experience of improvement that for some is deeply profound.cas noted earlier, Tedeschi and Calhoun (this issue) define posttraumatic growth as positive psychological change experienced as a result of a struggle with highly challenging life circumstances. Drawing primarily from memoirs, magazines, and newspaper articles, they present several first-person accounts to help us understand what they mean by growth. For example, international cycling champion Lance Armstrong was diagnosed with testicular cancer that later spread to his brain and lungs. He indicated that, Looking back, I wouldnt change anything I learned a lot and grew tremendously the last two years. Similarly, a musician who suffered permanent paralysis said that this was probably the best thing that ever happened to me If I had it to do all over again I would want it to happen the same way. The way they describe the phenomenon, it appears that Tedeschi and Calhoun are talking about significant psychological changes. For example, they indicate that the individual has experienced changes that are viewed as important, and that go beyond what was the previous status quo. Posttraumatic growth is not simply a return to baselineit is an experience of improvement that for some persons is deeply profound. In summarizing the empirical evidence for posttraumatic growth, they cite a host of studies focusing on people who have experienced a wide variety of negative events including bereavement, rheumatoid arthritis, sexual assault,sexual abuse, combat, fires, cancer, heart attacks, and being taken hostage, among others. They state that the evidence is overwhelming that individuals facing a wide variety of very difficult circumstances experience significant changes in their lives that they view as highly positive. The basic concept, trauma affects physical, emotional and cognitive. Therefore, trauma recovery is made or given to the victim, covers all three. Posttraumatic stress recovery technique could in principle be used for all kinds of trauma howsoever caused even more focused on the trauma caused by disasters and accidents. Recovery techniques especially for post-traumatic stress is given on the victim started the day until approximately three months after the traumatic event occurred. If no positive changes within three months of the symptoms of stress in katagorikan such as post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD. Post-traumatic growth refers to how adversity can often be a springboard to a new and more meaningful life in which people re-evaluate their priorities, deepen their relationships, and find new understandings of who they are. Post-traumatic growth is not simply about coping; it refers to changes that cut to the very core of our way of being in the world. Post-traumatic growth has to do with the way we greet the

day as we wake in the morning. The way we brush our teeth and put on our shoes -- it reflects our attitude about life itself and our place in the world. Scientific studies have shown that post-traumatic growth is common in survivors not only of life-threatening illnesses but also other various traumatic events, including disasters, accidents, and violence. Typically 30-70 percent of survivors say that they have experienced positive changes of one form or another. Post-traumatic growth is an important topic because it is changing how we think about trauma and how to treat it. It challenges the traditional psychiatric view of trauma and moves us away from only looking at its destructive effects to understand that it is in the struggle with suffering that growth may arise. Post-traumatic growth does not necessarily mean that the person will be entirely free of the memories of what has happened to them, the grief they experience or other forms of distress but that they live their lives more meaningfully in the light of what happened. We can't wipe away our history and maybe we should not want to; as Stacey Kramer says, she would not change her experience as it altered her life.Research is now untangling a seemingly intricate dance between post-traumatic stress and post-traumatic growth. This can be illustrated through the story of the shattered vase. Imagine that one day you accidentally knock a treasured vase off its perch. It smashes into tiny pieces. What do you do? Do you try to put the vase back together as it was? Or do you pick up the beautiful colored pieces and use them to make something new - such as a colorful mosaic? When adversity strikes, people often feel that at least some part of them be it their views of the world, their sense of themselves, their relationships has been smashed. Those who try to put their lives back together exactly as they were remain fractured and vulnerable. But those who accept the breakage and build themselves anew become more resilient and open to new ways of living. We can learn to cultivate growth in ourselves. The key to growth is the way we talk to ourselves. Understanding the significance of our experiences in ways that construct meaning, in which we view ourselves as survivors and even thrivers and that establish hopefulness in us, will lead us towards growth. As you notice growth taking root you can nurture it. Regularly ask yourself these questions and find ways to enact the changes you notice, even in the smallest ways. Then your growth will flourish. And one other helpful thing that the research points to is support from family and friends. Stacey Kramer's talk is to be welcomed for the hope it offers but there are three notes of caution, particularly for family and friends to remember. First, we ought not to burden each other with the expectation of post-traumatic growth. Second, the path to growth is not always smooth, nor short. The psychological journey following trauma can be a long and difficult one. Third, there is no promise of growth at the end of that journey.

References Katie Hanson. 2013. POST-TRAUMATIC GROWTH http://positivepsychology.org.uk/pp-theory/post-traumatic-growth/105-posttraumatic-growth.html Melinda Moore. 2012. What is http://www.posttraumaticgrowth.com/what-is-ptg/ posttraumatic growth?

Stephen Joseph. 2013. What Doesn't Kill Us: Post-traumatic Growth http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-joseph/what-doesnt-kill-uspost_b_2862726.html Stephen Joseph. 2013. The Key to Posttraumatic Growth http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/what-doesnt-kill-us/201303/the-keyposttraumatic-growth-0 Richard G. Tedeschi, Ph.D. and Lawrence Calhoun, Ph.D. 2004 Posttraumatic Growth: New Perspective on Psychotraumatology http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/ptsd/posttraumatic-growth-new-perspectivepsychotraumatology-0#sthash.e0X5Hv0R.dpuf