• chuckleslord@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      That… doesn’t describe what is being talked about, though. The post discusses a moment of such positivity it radiates out into the rest of your life, much like trauma does from a traumatic event. Your wiki describes a positive psychological change after a period of intense trauma.

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        4 days ago

        Indeed, it is not what OP described.

        Post-traumatic growth is not

        • positivity -> positivity

        nor

        • negativity -> negativity

        but rather

        • negativity -> positivity.

        Ironic, isn’t it? How can positivity come out of negativity?

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          3 days ago

          positivity does not come out of negativity. it comes out of yourself.

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            3 days ago

            I agree. My characterization is a simple abstraction. We can, like you mention, be more precise about the mechanisms through which post-traumatic growth comes about.