Feeding victim mentality?

摘要

Rana & Rana's concern (Letters, January 2013) regarding over-optimism about post-traumatic growth (PTG) is mistaken. A chorus of voices since Bonanno (2004) have urged professionals not to mistake the traumatised people they see in clinics as being representative. The majority of people who experience traumatic events do not suffer from PTSD (Ahmed, 2007).