How to Get the Most Out of PTSD and PTSD

Dr. James Pennabaker studied 50 undergrad students and found that the ones who made sense of what they went through had an insight or a breakthrough from it. He said people who used the time to vent got little benefit, but the ones who changed the meaning behind why something happened were the ones who experienced breakthroughs. The goal here with this whole exercise is not just to put yourself through a thing or five steps arbitrarily, it's to really try and dive deep and ask why and find the meaning and change in some way the story that you're going through.