How much pain can you take?

Last month’s email about trigger warnings was an unexpected hit. I can’t remember the last time I got such an overwhelmingly positive response from people about a subject.

But I also got a lot of questions about pain, trauma, challenge, and struggle. Most of these questions were some variation of, “Is there such a thing as being exposed to too much pain?” or “Are there situations where pain and struggle aren’t helpful but only hurtful?” or “What about trauma? Clearly trauma is a thing.”

These are all great questions. And for this month’s newsletter, I’m going to knock them all out with a deep dive into the psychology of pain, trauma, healing, and building resilience. In the words of the great Tom Brady: let’s fucking go.

 
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