Priming post-traumatic growth

The media, while sympathetic to health care workers, has also been generating ominous predictions—the coming psychological trauma, for example. But while psychological sequelae are real, there is also another interesting phenomenon: post-traumatic growth. About half of the people who live through a traumatic event actually come through it feeling stronger and wiser. Could we prime ourselves for wisdom?

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