YOU ARE RESILIENT

This graph shows that the large majority of people are represented by the bottle line. We are resilient.


These three videos capture come to the same conclusion. The large majority of people are very resilient. This means that most people, and this includes you, basically stay emotionally the same even after potentially traumatic events, such as experiencing terrorist attacks, sudden illness, or divorce. In short, you can handle most anything.   


Interesting:
Winifred Gallagher

Informative:
George Bonanno: Measuring Human Resilience

Very Informative:
George Bonanno: Understanding the Human Capacity to Thrive in the Face of Extreme Adversity

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