**Intact Gift Giving Condition book**

Historically, it has always been assumed that re-telling the story of what happened would resolve these effects. Traumatic experiences leave a “living legacy” of effects that often persist for years and decades after the events are over. However, survivors report a different experience: Telling and re-telling the story of what happened to them often reactivates their trauma responses, overwhelming them rather than resolving the trauma. To transform traumatic experiences, survivors need to understand their symptoms and reactions as normal responses to abnormal events.