APOCALYPTIN – ebook.

1. Why are the main characters teenagers? The main characters are teenagers for 2 reasons: in order to return the reader to the late teenage period (13-14 y. o.) for the purpose of «reframing» (powerful NLP Neuro-linguistic programming tool that allows to go back to past childhood events especially and replay them in a different way). Another goal is to attract teenagers to read the book. This particular period is a time when the worldview of a person is formed based on experience starting at birth. During this period the consequences of traumas experienced in infancy and early childhood are most visible and all the wounds are still fresh. Therefore, by working with this exact period of development and formation of personality when one can achieve good, visible results in the healing process. Thus, living the story in the Avatars of main characters, a teenager and an adult reader is experiencing reframing (powerful NLP method of transformation), a strategy when a person can go back to the past and reframe traumatic events. It is useful both for adult readers and teenagers. Reading the book can become a life changing turning point that if done early, can redirect teens’ lives into the best possible direction.
2. Lifestyle, environment, feelings, emotions, odd looking characters, their manner of speech, the language they are using reflect the general state of most traumatized souls and is typical for the age, once again bringing a person into that time. The point of reference is complete darkness. Darkness and hopelessness. The author is not talking about a specific sophial layer. Abuse, neglect and violence occurs in all sectors of society from the elite to the ghetto, but all victims, especially when they are children mentally feel the same. Even if one looks out of a dirty window at a poor quarter, and the other – from a private jet in the clouds. Their internal state is absolutely equally horrible and physiological damage is the same. Therefore, at the beginning of the book, for the purpose of connecting to the state of mind of the traumatized person, the author was describing situations in life, lifestyle and living conditions of the protagonist. Thus standards of living and social status of the families of main characters should not be taken directly. This is a metaphor. The narrative creates a general impression of the mental state of a traumatized person, regardless of whether he/she lives in poverty or wealth. However all stories and traumatic events are taken from real life stories. They are not made up.
3. Flashlight. A flashlight is a new vision that gives a ray of hope in a story. New knowledge. New knowledge is creating new understanding and interpretation, mind opening and shaping a new worldview. This flashlight is showing stuff that protagonists had no idea about opening his mind. Flashlight is showing a cause and effect, forming an understanding of this causal relationship of events and actions of people. This deep understanding of the essence of things provides the hero with the opportunity to transform his perception of the behavior of other people. This deep understanding makes it possible to replace negative vision and response with positive empathy and compassion. As the story progresses, the main character Odie goes through a slow transformation and strong natural resistance. It happens in real life. The more progress is made through transformation, the more new fabulous magical heroes appear around him. His vision, understanding, interpretations and his worldview changes as a result. It’s extending, opening, it acquires depth of understanding and causation. His reactions, his behavior, his emotional response and speech, his manner of speech are making huge progress. He comes out of complete hopeless darkness into the light . Replacing his anger and aggression with compassion and empathy. After his transformation is completed, Odi is helping the other main character Dina start her transformation process. Dina’s traumas are much more severe. Odi is able to help her go through her difficult path after his own growth has taken place. Dina’s resistance is much stronger than Odie’s. But eventually she achieves an outcome, improving her personality and language as well. There are repetitions in the story. All inner children have to get rid of the boxes they are sitting in. And they eventually do.

This is a typical and necessary tool for the process of healing. It may seem to be boring or annoying but it makes a lot of sense. Repetitions reinforce new neural connections in the brain, imprinting the information deeper and deeper into the subconscious mind. Repetitions are forcing your psyche to go deep into the basic emotions that are the roots of everything.