The article “Growth after trauma” by Lorna Collier goes into deep depth as to how one finds personal gain from a traumatic experience. She goes on to talk about how post traumatic growth depends on the human, the kind of trauma, and the circumstances leading to the event. Overtime growth has been seen in more than half of people that experienced something traumatic. However the remainder of the people that don’t recover are because they don’t want to see growth. They are stuck in the moment of what had happened for a long time and are held captive to their own thoughts of past events. This is why growth in some individuals isn’t possible unless the person can move on and want to become stronger.

The article “Growth after trauma” by Lorna Collier goes into deep depth as to how one finds personal gain from a traumatic experience. She goes on to talk about how post traumatic growth depends on the human, the kind of trauma, and the circumstances leading to the event. Overtime growth has been seen in more than half of people that experienced something traumatic. However the remainder of the people that don’t recover are because they don’t want to see growth. They are stuck in the moment of what had happened for a long time and are held captive to their own thoughts of past events. This is why growth in some individuals isn’t possible unless the person can move on and want to become stronger.

In “The Bean Trees” by Barbara Kingsolver, Turtle one of our main characters in the story is a child that was given away at a young age. She has experienced trauma in many shapes and forms including: abuse, harassment, and sexual assault. Due to these things she has became a shut off child whom doesn’t want to be around adults because she believes that all adults are evil humans. She however learns that is not the case ever since Taylor, our main character, has accepted her and treated her with kindness and love. Turtle slowly starts to want to love again and is showing signs of recovery throughout the story.

The article “Can Trauma Help You Grow” by David Kushner, has an impact quote that is very important in terms of how humans function after severe events. He writes, “There’s something built-in that enable most human being, not all, but most to get thru, force us, to survive, to stay alive.” The quote is very important because humans are resilient creatures that adapt to situations and will do anything to survive. This could be applied to trauma, if one undergoes trauma and wants to continue forward one must not look at the terrible past and dwell on it, they must look at that past and accept that it happened then move forward and grow.

Turtle at the end of the story learns to love again and is able to connect with her new family. She finally was able to use the trauma that had been weighing her down and become someone who is able to live life once again. The shackles of the cruel reality of her young life weren’t enough to pull her down, she had broken free and is able to grow on her past.