Some go beyond a “survivor narrative” and take on a “growth narrative”. Through a “growth narrative” we are interpreting adversarial events as an opportunity to demonstrate our resilience, choose our response and take ownership of our future.

Professor Gordon Turnbull, a psychiatrist, specialist in PTSD and the author of Trauma: From Lockerbie to 7/7, described to me how trauma can affect our ability to imagine a different future.