An Interesting Therapeutic Idea!

If the way we tell others about major events in our lives is indeed a reflection of our personalities, is it possible that by training ourselves to narrate -- or at least to view -- the same tales differently, we may in fact effect a change in our personalities? This is the idea presented in Christian Jarrett's article for the BBC today, "The Transformational Power of How You Talk about Your Life." The last paragraph and link appear below. 

<< As philosophers have long argued, there is a sense in which we construct our own realities. The world is what we make of it. Usually this liberating perspective is applied by psychotherapists to help people deal with specific fears and anxieties. Life story research suggests a similar principle may be applicable at a grander level, in the very way that we author our own lives, therefore shaping who we are. Now that’s a tale worth sharing. >>

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190523-the-way-you-tell-your-life-story-shapes-your-personality?ocid=global_future_rss&ocid=global_bbccom_email_27052019_future

I predict that the profession of "narrative therapist" may work its way into clinical lexicography in near future.