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Issues Bonus EP | Post-Traumatic Growth & Batman: Turning Pain into Purpose · Issues: Comics & Mental Health

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  Speaker 1: In almost every retelling of Batman's origin, young Bruce swears
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  Speaker 1: an oath at his parents' grave. He vows to dedicate
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  Speaker 1: his life to fighting crime so that no other child
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  Speaker 1: has to suffer what he suffered. This is where the
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  Speaker 1: story gives us a powerful lesson about turning pain into purpose.
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  Speaker 1: In psychology, research shows that human beings have remarkable capacity
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  Speaker 1: for post-traumatic growth, transforming deeply painful experiences into action that
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  Speaker 1: serves their entire community. Bruce didn't just choose what happened
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  Speaker 1: in Crime Alley. but he chose to use his resources
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  Speaker 1: to protect others because of it. However, the comics also
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  Speaker 1: highlight the thin line between purpose and obsession. When purpose
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  Speaker 1: is healthy, it gives life meaning and can access to
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  Speaker 1: our community. When purpose turns to obsession, it can become
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  Speaker 1: a way to avoid feeling our undying emotions. For many
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  Speaker 1: years in the comics, Bruce uses the Batman identity to
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  Speaker 1: avoid being Bruce Wayne. He uses the mission to run
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  Speaker 1: away from his own grief, attempting to erase his humanity
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  Speaker 1: so he doesn't have to feel the ache of his
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  Speaker 1: missing parents. You cannot outrun your pain by working harder.
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  Speaker 1: If you turn your pain into armor, you have to
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  Speaker 1: remember that armor is heavy. If you never take it off,
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  Speaker 1: eventually it wears you down. This is Issues Comics and
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