We naturally pull away from reflecting on the trauma, not wanting to be flooded by the painful memories or thinking, “It’s the past, so what’s the point of dwelling on something you can’t change?” But in reality, memory retrieval when combined with narrative reflections can be a memory modifier. Unresolved loss or trauma can be healed, and the coherent narrative that emerges can help us to be all the stronger because of that very process of making sense of your life. Some call that “post-traumatic growth.”
