often people are left with profound insights about the nature of their suffering and gain an ability to make valuable associations and inferences about their past. Neurologists refer to this as a period of enhanced neuroplasticity, a reference to the brain’s ability to make new and stronger connections. With support from a skilled therapist, this state of disruptive thinking and perception can be extraordinarily clarifying and therapeutic, setting in motion long-lasting, and at times permanent, changes in outlook and behavior,
