“…We can also narrate events in ways that serve to explain or maintain a sense of stability in self, which may also be important to psychological functioning (McLean, 2008; Pasupathi et al, 2007). Capturing stability in various ways, such as stagnation or healthy consistency, may open up new ways of understanding narrative identity and well-being (Adler, 2019; Dunlop, 2019; Fivush, Habermas, & Reese, 2019; McLean, Köber, & Haraldsson, 2019; Pasupathi & Wainryb, 2019; Singer, 2019). Finally, in relation to both autobiographical reasoning and stability, researchers may also want to think about capturing the phenomenon of not making connections in narrative.…”