Now, brain scans have shown us that each of us has a unique brain—which, considering everything we’ve been talking about, is not surprising. And because each of us has a unique brain, we will experience stress, distress, and trauma in a somewhat unique way. Two people who experience the same traumatic event can respond differently—and recover differently. When a person is able to “recover” emotionally—returning to a pre-trauma level of functioning—we refer to that as demonstrating resilience. And the capacity to do that is malleable. In other words, the ability to cope with stress, distress,
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