As Richard Tedeschi, one of the founders of the theory, puts it, after experiencing traumatic events, “People develop new understandings of themselves, the world they live in, how to relate to other people, the kind of future they might have and a better understanding of how to live life.” Everyone has heard of post-traumatic stress the alternative they advance is post-traumatic growth.
I don’t think any modern-day psychologists would go this far, but some believe that great benefits can come from terrible experiences. William Henry Atkinson, the president of the American Dental Association, reportedly said, “I wish there were no such thing as anesthesia! I do not think men should be prevented from passing through what from passing through what God intended them to endure.” It removes the veil it plants the flag of truth within the fortress of the rebel soul.” Some take this to extremes. Lewis worried that we get too complacent and proud in our happiness suffering wakes us up: “God whispers to us in our pleasures … but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world. Among other things, it is said to bring us closer to God.
Many religious traditions see value in such suffering.
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