Growth after Trauma: Turning Adversity into Opportunity

Imagine that you find yourself in a place where no one speaks your language. What will you do first? I will start observing how others behave.
I'm looking for someone who could understand at least something I say.
I get confused, but then I try to create something – for example, an image or a gesture.
I'll sit aside and wait for someone to notice that I'm there.
I will feel the excitement of the unknown and embark on exploration.

If you had to name your last difficult life situation as a movie, what would it be called? "The calm before the storm"
"Unexpected Twist"
"A grain of sand in the machine"
"Winter Sleep"
"Born from the ashes"

What helps you the most when you feel like you're losing control? Focus on the detail that I can influence.
To call someone I trust.
To create – to write, to draw, or to tidy up something.
Step back and close yourself off from the world for a while.
Accept that not everything must be under control.

How do you envision "inner strength"? A slow but steady current of water.
A mirror that does not lie.
A tree with visible scars from storms.
Silence that knows how to listen.
Light in a dark room.

What best represents the word "turnover" for you? An unexpected meeting that changes everything.
A decision I will make quietly and alone.
The point at which I have to let go of the past.
The moment when I realize that I can no longer go on in the old way.
Something that happens only after hitting rock bottom.

When something goes wrong, how do you most often react? I will start looking for the error in the system or surroundings.
I will think about what it says about me.
I need some time to be alone while I come to terms with this.
I will take failure as a lesson.
I will focus on what can be done right now.

What image comes to your mind when you hear the word "change"? Falling leaves in autumn.
A broken mirror that someone is carefully putting back together.
Slow melting of ice.
A book whose page someone turned without permission.
A path that suddenly branches off.

How do you envision "personal growth" looks like? Returning to a place that once hurt – with peace.
The new ability to say "no."
A change in what makes me happy.
A smaller fear of what is to come.
The courage to be vulnerable.

What influences the most whether you will learn from a crisis? The time I will give myself.
The people I have around me.
Whether I can look at things differently.
My will to make a change.
The ability to admit the truth.

If you could write a message to your past "self" during a time when you were experiencing pain, what would you write? "Don't let it drive you crazy – this too shall pass."
"It is not shameful to feel weak."
"From this pain, something valuable will once arise."
"Don't seek meaning right away, just breathe."
"Everything you feel right now, you will one day use as strength."