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Post\u2010traumatic growth is a positive psychological change that may occur in an individual after having processed and coped with trauma. This journey, however, has not been studied enough.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Aim<\/jats:title><jats:p>The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore people's experience of suffering psychological trauma, the personal effects of the trauma and the transition from trauma to post\u2010traumatic growth.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A purposeful sample of seven women and five men, aged 34\u201352, were selected whose backgrounds and history of trauma varied, but who had all experienced post\u2010traumatic growth. One to two interviews were conducted with each one, in all 14 interviews.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study introduces a unique mapping of the challenging journey from trauma to post\u2010traumatic growth through lived experiences of people who have experienced trauma as well as post\u2010traumatic growth. Participants had different trauma experience, but their suffering shaped them all as persons and influenced their wellbeing, health and view of life. Participants described post\u2010traumatic growth as a journey, rather than a destination. There was a prologue to their journey which some described as a hindering factor while others felt it was a good preparation for post\u2010traumatic growth, i.e. to overcome difficulties at an early age. Participants described six main influencing factors on their post\u2010traumatic growth, both facilitating and hindering ones. 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