The Science Of Bouncing Back By Oaklander

Resilience relates to one’s ability to overcome adversity, and successfully accomplish positive outcomes regardless of life episodes or circumstances. The perception of resilience heavily impacts and influences humanity as a result of early life experiences, social economic statuses and quality of life. The experience of being exposed to prior difficulties can promote benefits in the long term, as a result of constructing and building a greater tendency for resilience when dealing with future stressful situations.

People have learned to be resilient in order to overcome serious hardships. A person’s resilience can be seen through how they handle bad experiences; to be resilient in the face of adversity. People who never give up and always fight back even when it gets hard are resilient. Some believe that resilience is a trait that can be learned.

During our lives we come across many difficult times in which we learn important skills. However, our actions choose what skills we've gained. For instance, a person who makes rational choices, keeps aware of what these choices do, and never letting the situation over take them have the characteristics of a resilient perosn. People with resilience have a way of dealing with problems in the most effective way possible, like Louie Zamperini, who was lost at sea for months after his plane malfunctioned and crashed. His fight for survival brought forth these traits and caused him to outlive his situation.

There are many ways to define resiliency, however, most definitions concentrate on the existence of both adversity and progressive change within the individual (Luther, et al., 2000). Sanders, Munford, & Boden (2017) state that resilience is creating a positive version of a high risk situation at an extreme degree and producing a positive development from it. Solivan, Wallace, Kaplan, & Harville (2015) state that resilience is the focus of resistance to many physical, social environment risks, as well as overcoming stress and adversity to uphold a healthy mental and physical wellbeing. Resilience can be defined in many different ways, however, the one common theme is that an individual is turning a negative situation into a positive one in their life.

In the article "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" it talks about bouncing back which they use to describe resilience "which belies the struggles and adaptations an individual has to make in order to emerge stronger from a stressful situation and the growth that is part of resilience." (Harrington, 2012, p.28). I can relate to this and it inspires me and allows me to see

In "Where there's a will there's a way," Anna Harrington points out overcoming obstacles require resilience. "Resilience is the development of psychological strength to assist an individual to overcome and grow from challenges. It is a close review of the environment in which the person exists and an honest examination of oneself." (Harrington, Anna). In order to build resilience challenges must be approached with a positive attitude.

How can individuals overcome obstacles in their life? Like in the article “Where there’s a will, there is a way” they can overcome their obstacles with resilience. Resilience is a person’s response to a situation that helped them get through it in a positive way. The person can use the tough experience, and use it to reflect other aspects in their life in positively. When using resilience we can understand how to use it with the seven key elements (Harrington, 2012).

Resilience is a state of being empowered to seek knowledge and tolerance for a situation. The article about resilience is about treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This article is about a 24-year-old female who experience an attack from a person with large rock while she was going home. She had just stepped off the subway when someone hit her on the head. This young lady was rescued by 2 females and the ambulance was called by a bystander and she was rushed to the hospital. Over time this 24-year-old experienced signs and symptoms of PTSD and had to develop resilience to function effectively in life.

All individuals have to face a problematic situation at some point in their lives. It can vary from the death of a loved one, serious illnesses or any traumatic experience. Most people become very emotionally drained, mentally exhausted and tend to experience different feelings. Generally, people manage to adapt over time to major life changing events and many stressful situations. This is enabled by resilience, which is an ongoing process that requires plenty of time and a lot of effort in taking several steps. Resilience is a key quality that every person requires in order to make their life smoother. Resilience can be applicable to anyone including, individuals, families, communities, healthcare professionals, organisations as everyone is bound to experience rough times at any stage in the journey of life.

The term resilience is described as being an individuals ability to overcome an obstacle successfully. If the individual can face the obstacle, overcomes the obstacle, and gain strength from doing so this is also known as resilience. However, not all individuals can overcome an obstacles successfully; some may develop other issues

“Resilience is the development of psychological strength to assist the individual to overcome and grow from challenges” (Harrington, 2012). Without resilience, it is almost like one would be running around in circles all of the time. Everyone needs organization, goals, a positive social circle, and God to help deal with life’s issues. Without these key elements, life would be extremely hard to manage and one would easily shut down.

What is resilience? "Resilience can be thought of as our ability to bounce back, or even grow, in the face of pressures and threats."

Resiliency, hope and courage have been demonstrated in my life through the emotional experiences of increased confidence, calm, and peacefulness. This has been particularly true when I have faced adversity, because these traits are less noticeable when everything is going well. In fact, I consider resilience and courage to be dormant traits when my external circumstances are pleasant and without conflict because I really have no need for these traits at this time. When circumstances are difficult, however, I need them more than ever. Specifically, I have noticed that as I become more resilient then I feel more confident and calm because I am no longer as emotionally reactive to adverse circumstances. In this sense, emotional resiliency reflects what Russell and Fosha (2008) observe about resiliency’s effect on emotional processing in the midst of suffering or trauma. When people are sufficiently resilient, they are able to more fully process the emotional experiences associated with adverse circumstances even while those events are occurring because they create their own internal safe environment from which they can continue to function. Furthermore, resilient people do not utilize negative defense mechanisms associated with blocking or resisting suffering (Russell & Fosha, 2008).

In this journey we call life there are several examples in my personal life where the only way to cope was to overcome and rise above. The one particular example I would like to share involves my decision to return to school to earn a degree I have sought unsuccessfully for many years. As stated by Harrington (2012) resilience is overcoming obstacles to achieve the end goal, which in my situation will be earning my degree. Harrington (2012) list key elements to assist with providing resilience there are two that are and continue to provide me the ability to overcome the obstacles to become successful, family and physical elements.

Resilience is defined as an attitude that enables the individual to examine, enhance, and utilize the strengths, characteristics and