Table II.

Themes and participants.

		Participants
	Super-ordinate Themes	Beth	Paul	Steven	Trevor	Joseph
Experience themes	Disturbed world/disturbed self	√	√	√	√	√
	Disconnection with the world	√	√	√	√	√
	Thunderstruck	√	√	√	√	√
Understanding themes	Absence of understanding	√	√		√	√
	Use of others	√	√	√	√	√
	Use of identity to form understanding	√	√	√	√	√
	Forming links	√	√	√	√	√
	Fragmented understanding: Competing understandings	√	√	√		√
	Rejection/avoidance of understandings	√	√	√	√	√