ABSTRACT
This chapter examines what it means to survive or manage life on a micro or individual level. According to Bury, narratives take many forms, have many uses and serve many purposes for individuals and social groups. Using Burys idea of biographical disruption, author argues that while all stories begin with impairment as a first disruption, there is a narrative arc that reveal more than one disruptive experience post-conflict. Bury further expounds, biographical disruption is a moment when, the relations between body, mind and everyday life are threatened. As well as experiences of bodily, spiritual and social disruption, many narratives recounted experiences of fleeing and having to run away or move constantly. Medical care had been a disruptive experience and spending long periods in hospitals, people did not always understand what was happening to them. Some of the NGOs that were aiding community members were religious in origin, used religion as a means of counselling or were missionary.
