A presentation given at Ege University's 16th Cultural Studies on the Power of Clint Eastwood's film INVICTUS (2009) to depict the example of collective and individual traumas in 1990s South Africa while offering pointers for those of us who have experienced individual traumas to successfully deal with them.

3. Ways of dealing with
trauma:
 Get Moving
 Don’t Isolate
 Self-regulate Your Nervous
System
 Take Care ofYour Health

11. i) the only way to feel about myself is to
go out … and do it; ii) not only am I
going to experience fear whenever I’m
on unfamiliar territory, but so is
everyone else; and iii) pushing through
fear is less frightening than living with
the underlying fear that comes from a
feeling of helplessness”

13. I have cherished the ideal of a
democratic and free society in which all
persons live together and with equal
opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope
to live for and to achieve
I have cherished the ideal of a
democratic and free society in
which all persons live together
and with equal opportunities.
It is an ideal which I hope to
live for and to achieve
I have cherished the
ideal of a society in
which all persons live
together and with
equal opportunities.
It is an ideal which I
hope to live for and
to achieve

14. Compassion
Mindfulness

15. ReconcilingNational with
PersonalTraumas

17. Try not to feel locked in,;
but work towards a solution
through reflection , talking
and being emotionally
honest with yourself

18. Thg Collective Movie-Going
Experience Provides
Opportunities for Mesearch

19. Leading to forms of
personal adaptation
to new circumstances
Jerome Bruner

20. Laurence Raw,
27 Apr. 2017