第六章為研究者在敘說歷程中的自我觀照與發現，包括：自我敘說做為內在空間、自我敘說與個體化歷程之關連。第七章為結論，整合生命故事與轉化經驗中所得到之理解，連結至我對於「療癒與療癒者」之意義省思。 The topic of this thesis focuses on the life transformation of my mother and I as we went through the journey of Alzheimer’s disease. This thesis contains seven chapters. Chapter 1 explains research motivation, my narrative experience, and the utilization of narrative as research method.
Chapters 2 to 4 contains text based on my personal experiences, presenting the mother-daughter relation and our life situation: Chapter 2 provides background information, as well as our life and relationship states before Alzheimer’s journey. Chapter 3 records the mother’s voluntary healing movements and I, as a co-participant, observer and caretaker, my internal flow and experiences through the Alzheimer’s journey, and describes internal landscape or emerging imagery and dreams that I am aware of to portray the transformation process. Chapter 4 sees transformation through the change of attitude toward death anxiety.
Chapter 5 offers in-depth understanding on the text and tries to have a dialog with the theory, including the imagery and symbol emerge from the process of text writing, and my understanding of our life process and the long journey of Alzheimer’s disease. I also attempt to explore my experience and the meaning of disease and its relationship to individuation process from Jungian theory.
Chapter 6 is about my insight and discovery during the narrative process. Chapter 7 is conclusion, integrating insight gained from the aforementioned life process and transformation experiences, connecting with the meaning of the “wounded healer”.
