A traumatic event is an experience that deeply marks the individual and affects his life and performance. However, trauma and its consequences are not the last point in the experience of an individual. This realization has a rich history in religious and philosophical systems, but the exploration of this phenomenon (post–traumatic growth) is quite new. Processed trauma can bring many positive changes to life, such as appreciation and increased gratitude for life, empathy, increased value and the importance of interpersonal relationships, the realization of their own power, greater openness to emotional expression, in–depth Spirituality and many others. Spirituality has an important role to play in the face of trauma and post–traumatic growth. Spiritual beliefs can offer people who are confronted with stressful events great support and assistance. It is a place where many existential issues that are being raised along the trauma and require explanations outside the physical world, at least to some extent get the answer.
In the master thesis we wanted to gain insight into the experience of the importance of spirituality in post–traumatic growth through a qualitative phenomenological method of research. A deeper insight into the experience of the most important elements of the relationship with the transcendent and the importance of spirituality in post–traumatic growth was gained through the use of semi–structured interviews, which we conducted with five participants. The victims of trauma painful feelings can only be processed in a loving, safe relationship and in this study we found that a safe relationship, which is a source of power and which allows the processing of painful feelings, can also be a relationship with transcendent.
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