A Black Swan event is one that's "rare, unpredictable, and has significant repercussions." While usually referring to dramatic headline grabbers like surviving a shark attack or a plane crash, the term made me think that surviving a heart attack might well be considered a personal example of the Black Swan, too. As explained in a Psychology Today article recently: "Survivors, no matter the particular trauma or the wreckage it leaves behind, must cope with the same emotional reality: the unthinkable did happen - to them."![]()
