Raccontare per 'salvarsi'. Scritture dell'io e accettazione della disabilità acquisita

[Autom. eng. transl.] The paper analyzes some autobiographical works written in the new millennium by authors who have a disability acquired following a serious accident, including Barbara Garlaschelli (Sirena. Heavy vehicle in motion), Lorenzo Amurri (Apnea), Giusy Versace (With the head and heart you go everywhere) and Laura Rampini (No barrier between me and the sky). Garlaschelli claims to have written her own story because "Remembering and sharing is a way to save yourself, not to get lost". Reading these works allows you to verify how the narrative is functional to recovery, acceptance and overcoming of trauma and helps to stimulate a resilient attitude. In fact, as the psychologist Alessandro Antonietti states, "a story is a reconciliation with one's own history and an initiative of liberation". The narrator then has to choose a form, a style, a vocabulary with which to represent their story. In all these choices, the author creates something new and unusual, which allows you to grasp the sense of reality experienced and represented and helps you to project yourself into the future with a new impetus.