The Role of Choice in Trauma Recovery

Abstract

My thesis is situated at the intersection of literature and psychology, as I am analyzing excerpts from Edith Eva Eger's memoir, The Choice: Embrace the Possible, while examining the traumatic events in her life through the close-reading method and her healing journey through a psychological lens. I present concepts like trauma, PTSD, and logotherapy as the theoretical background of my dissertation. I argue that the traumatic events had an impact on Eger's life, even after they were over; however, through making a choice not to let them influence her anymore, she could heal from past founds. I share episodes from Eger's life to support my argument and cite numeours experts in the field of psychology.