Aftermath

Key Insight 1: Trauma Shatters Fundamental Assumptions About Safety and Control

This insight from Aftermath by Susan J. Brison represents one of the foundational ideas in this philosophical work.

Key Insight 2: The Self is Relational, Embodied, and Narratively Constructed

This insight from Aftermath by Susan J. Brison represents one of the foundational ideas in this philosophical work.

Key Insight 3: Traumatic Memory is Bodily, Fragmented, and Intrusive

This insight from Aftermath by Susan J. Brison represents one of the foundational ideas in this philosophical work.

Key Insight 4: Narrative is Essential for Reconstructing a Shattered Self

This insight from Aftermath by Susan J. Brison represents one of the foundational ideas in this philosophical work.

Key Insight 5: Empathy and Bearing Witness are Crucial for Recovery

This insight from Aftermath by Susan J. Brison represents one of the foundational ideas in this philosophical work.

Key Insight 6: The Personal is Political: Violence is a Systemic Issue

This insight from Aftermath by Susan J. Brison represents one of the foundational ideas in this philosophical work.

Key Insight 7: Recovery is Possible, but Not Linear or Predictable

This insight from Aftermath by Susan J. Brison represents one of the foundational ideas in this philosophical work.

Key Insight 8: Forgetting is a Political Act; Remembering is Resistance

This insight from Aftermath by Susan J. Brison represents one of the foundational ideas in this philosophical work.

Key Insight 9: The Tension Between Living to Tell and Telling to Live

This insight from Aftermath by Susan J. Brison represents one of the foundational ideas in this philosophical work.

Key Insight 10: The Importance of Both Meaning and Molecules in Healing

This insight from Aftermath by Susan J. Brison represents one of the foundational ideas in this philosophical work.

Key Insight 11: What is "Aftermath: Violence and the Remaking of a Self" by Susan J. Brison about?

This insight from Aftermath by Susan J. Brison represents one of the foundational ideas in this philosophical work.

Key Insight 12: Why should I read "Aftermath: Violence and the Remaking of a Self" by Susan J. Brison?

This insight from Aftermath by Susan J. Brison represents one of the foundational ideas in this philosophical work.