PTSD Healing Thought of the Day: Got Joy? You’d Be Surprised….

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 • Uncategorized •

The German dramatic opera composer and theorist, Richard Wagner, said:

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

This is an important concept for survivors. Joy is inherent in us and, so being, it can never be taken away – no matter what we survive.

One of the goals of healing post-traumatic stress must to be to reconnect to our capacity for joy.

Indeed, it can be the very element that bridges the gap between trauma and peace.

Tags: Healing and Overcoming PTSD, heaoling, post-traumatic stress, richard wagner

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