Portkeys to Trauma

"The perpetual return of emotional trauma is ensured by the finiteness of our existence and the finiteness of all those whom we love. Trauma looms for all of us as an ever-present possibility. I have long contendedthat such trauma can be enduringly borne, not in solitude, but in relationships of deep emotional understanding. In such relationships, we do not encourage the traumatized person to "get over it and move on." Instead, we dwell with him or her in his or her recurring emotional pain, so that he or she is not left unbearably alone in it...."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-d-stolorow/portkeys-to-trauma_b_3938298.html

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