A four-part series in which Vincent Kane investigates the resilience of the human spirit and how some people are able to recover from the sort of traumas and disasters that most of us dread in our lives.
3: Personal Trauma
Seven years ago, Jane Ewart -Biggs' life was changed overnightwhensheheardthat her husband had been murdered by the IRA in a car-bomb explosion In 1965 '
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Anthony Courtney , a prominent Tory MP. became the victim of a KGB smear campaign. As a result be lost his parliamentary seat, bisbusinessandhiswife.Ten yean ago Heutwen Haf entered a menta] hospital followingasuddenbreakdown. It would be two years before she'd leave the hospital.
Today they reflect on their periods of trauma and how they set about rebuilding their lives.
Series compiled and produced by JAN TAYLOR BBC Wales