What is resilience? A psychologist explains the main ingredients that help people manage stress

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To sum it up in a sentence: Resilience is the ability to manage stress in effective ways.

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To sum it up in a sentence: Resilience is the ability to manage stress in effective ways.
As a clinical psychologist, researcher and educator specializing in training people to cope with stress more effectively, I know that resilience can be developed.
For instance, one may handle relationship issues rather well but be unable to cope with the stress of a traffic jam.
Some are things you can do in your daily life, such as exercise, hobbies and activities, and getting adequate sleep.

Resilience can be cultivated

Confusing connotations about resilience pervade not only the scientific literature and mental health approaches but also popular culture.
All of this says that resilience can flourish by incorporating specific behaviors and creating healthy environments.
What looks like resilience could instead be suppressing, numbing or hiding feelings.
Post-traumatic growth refers to the positive changes that some people report after trauma, especially when they incorporate some of the resilience “building blocks” listed above.

Resilience isn’t always the answer

Overemphasizing resilience can reinforce racial injustice by suggesting that people who are subjected to it are resilient enough to handle it.
Having to wear a mask of resilience or put on a smile can add to the burden of racism, making resilience exhausting.
We can benefit from working on the building blocks of our own individual resilience, and from initiatives in schools, workplaces and other environments that promote resilience more broadly.
The upside is that you can choose from many effective ways of building resilience to determine the most suitable approach for you.

Rachel Goldsmith Turow does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.