Narrative types and specific characteristics
| Narrative type | Restitution | Chaos | Quest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metaphors | Sport/war—for example, fighting, battle, and comeback | Choking and darkness and emotional selves are brittle objects | Journey—for example, reborn, distance travelled, and difficulties with travelling |
| Time | Philosophy of the future | Empty present | Reclaimed |
| The past in the future | The future in the present | Fragmented | |
| The present in the future | Static | The past in the past | |
| The future in the past. | The present in the present | ||
| Waiting | The future in the future | ||
| Consumed | Consumed | ||
| Ingested | |||
| Hope | Concrete | Despair | Transcendent |
| Type of self | Restored and entrenched | Fragmented | Developing |
| Type of body | Disciplined | Chaotic | Communicative |