Title: Resilience | Psychology Today
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What Creates Resilience
Does trauma make someone less resilient?
Can resilience be taught?
What is post-traumatic growth?
How to Build Resilience
What are strategies for becoming more resilient?
How can I be more resilient in a crisis?
What is a locus of control?
Is it possible to change an external locus of control?
How can I get over my difficult childhood?
Why Failure Can Help Us
I’ve experienced a major setback. How do I move forward?
What are the benefits of accepting failure?
What lessons can we learn from high-profile people who have experienced setbacks?

Content: Resilience | Psychology Today
Resilience is the psychological quality that allows some people to be knocked down by the adversities of life and come back at least as strong as before. Rather than letting difficulties, traumatic events, or failure overcome them and drain their resolve, highly resilient people find a way to change course, emotionally heal, and continue moving toward their goals. Contents
What Creates Resilience
How to Build Resilience
Why Failure Can Help Us
What Creates Resilience
Psychologists have identified some of the factors that appear to make a person more resilient, such as a positive attitude, optimism, the ability to regulate emotions, and the ability to see failure as a form of helpful feedback. Optimism, for instance, has been shown to help blunt the impact of stress on the mind and body in the wake of disturbing experiences. That gives people access to their own cognitive resources, enabling cool-headed analysis of what might have gone wrong and consideration of behavioral paths that might be more productive. Other aspects of resilience’s roots remain under study. There does appear to be a genetic predisposition for resilience, for instance; but early environments and life circumstances play a role in how resilient genes are ultimately expressed. Does trauma make someone less resilient? Created with Sketch.