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Remember the difference between holocaust survivors and Vietnam vets.

Holocaust survivors shared, talked about it, wrote about it.

Vietnam vets ruminated about it.

Going back to the Lyubomirsky study. And when you just ruminate without sharing, without, without taking it out.

It becomes stronger and it's more likely to become PTSD. But it doesn't always do that.

And it's important to understand the magnetism of post-traumatic growth.

So here is the question that I have.

This is a positive psychology course. Remember what positive psychology is; is that it focuses on what works.

So the question that I asked myself as I was preparing for this course was this.

Is there a positive equivalent to trauma, something that is so powerful yet positive that will change the way our brain functions in an instance like a sledgehammer?