“Happiness is a choice” and “everything happens for a reason” are two of the most damaging pop-psychology tropes, forcing victims of abuse to retraumatize themselves and recasting them as the problem rather than acknowledging the catastrophic wounds. #Aphantasia #MentalHealthStudies #SuicidalIdeation #Trauma #PanicDisorder #HumanSuffering #AIinResearch https://cristinagherghel.substack.com/p/this-is-not-a-story-of-survival?r=6bmg7x