Title: What Is Resilience?
Headings: What Is Resilience?
What Is Resilience?
What Is Resilience?
What Resilience Provides
Who Is Resilient, and Why?
How to Build Resilience
Reframe Your Thoughts
Seek Support
Focus on What You Can Control
Manage Stress

Content: These problems may include: Job loss
Financial problems
Illness
Natural disasters
Medical emergencies
Divorce
Death of a loved one
Instead of falling into despair or hiding from problems with unhealthy coping strategies, resilient people face life's difficulties head-on. This does not mean that they experience less distress, grief, or anxiety than other people do. It means that they use healthy coping skills to handle such difficulties in ways that foster strength and growth. In many cases, they may emerge even stronger than they were before. Those who lack this resilience may instead become overwhelmed by such experiences. They may dwell on problems and use unhelpful coping mechanisms to deal with life’s challenges. Disappointment or failure might drive them to unhealthy, destructive, or even dangerous behaviors. These individuals are slower to recover from setbacks and may experience more psychological distress as a result. 3
How to Adapt to a Stressful Situation
What Resilience Provides
Resilience does not eliminate stress or erase life's difficulties.