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Post-traumatic growth and post-ecstatic growth

Post-traumatic growth and post-ecstatic growth are positive developments that people experience during difficult times.

  • Post-traumatic growth often happens to car crash victims, who find themselves appreciating life a lot more after the crash, or cancer survivors, who start running marathons once they recover.
  • However, you don’t need to run your car into the next tree, in order to play a round of SuperBetter. There’s another form of growth that doesn’t require trauma, called post-ecstatic growth.

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