Cum să ne reconstruim după o traumă

Moussa Nabati asks how people can rebuild their lives after trauma. He looks at illness and the death of loved ones. He also looks at job loss and a partner's unfaithfulness. Such events can cause deep depression and loss of purpose. They can shake people's sense of worth and who they are. This book on psychology is for readers who seek to understand these responses.

Nabati looks at guilt and the sense that others have left us. He shows how people try to escape their pain. Some turn to drugs, medicines, food, sex, or alcohol. Others turn to travel, work, money, or staying busy all the time.

His main claim links pain now to pain in childhood. A lack of love can leave wounds that last. So can rejection or violence. Even hurts we forget can fuel fear, failure, and addiction. He argues that pain can grow when we deny or fight it.

Nabati draws on his studies and long work as a therapist. He asks readers to hear and soothe their hurt inner child. His aim is to help them understand that pain. He also seeks to help them depend less on others for their sense of well-being. He says people can heal and find more balance in life. Ioana Medes translated this edition from French.