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Resilience: what is this hidden strength
By Naturale Bio
A word that is on everyone's lips today, from newspapers to social media: resilience. Synonymous with strength, resistance, flexibility, adaptability and much more.
A beautiful and positive word, but what does it really mean? And how many types are there?
Definition of resilience
Resilience is the ability of a material or organism to resist external stresses. It is not a synonym of simple "hardness", but much more. It doesn't mean not being touched by anything, it rather means being able to deform without breaking.
We could say that it is the ability to "take" blows, to train around difficulties, to change shape and mind to adapt to complex situations, emerging improved and more efficient, aware.
In short, resilience is an evolution of the old saying "what doesn't kill, strengthens" or even the concept of "bending without breaking".
Different declinations of the term
The term, today in the spotlight especially from its emotional and psychological point of view, is actually widely used in various disciplines to express a set of similar concepts.
- Resilience at the mechanical-engineering level
We mean the ability of structures and materials to absorb external forces, such as weight or pressure, deforming but without tearing.
- Resilience in IT
This word is also used in the IT and tech world, often to indicate the ability of systems and devices not to succumb to wear and obsolescence, adapting well to different conditions of use.
- Social and process resilience
Wider phenomenon, which sees entire societies or complex systems or procedures being able to adapt to negative variables, often generating a step forward for the system itself.
- Biological or environmental resilience
This defines the great strength that every organism has to not give in to external attacks or diseases, finding a new balance in a different and more difficult situation than the standard one, just think of people who undergo organ transplants.
- Psychological resilience
The term resilience applies very well to those who have suffered trauma and manage to emerge strengthened and better after a difficult experience.
How to train psychological resilience?
Don't let adversity get you down but, on the contrary, be able to draw strength and the will to improve from it. Put like that, it doesn't seem easy at all. But, as already said for gratitudine, resilience – although very linked to the intrinsic character of each individual – can also be trained.
Seeing things from a difference perspective can help: it's all a matter of approach.
Feeling unfortunate and disheartened by the many unpleasant episodes in your life is normal, but it cannot become an excuse for not reacting. Reacting, raising your head, facing fear and pain are, paradoxically, part of the cure itself.
The enormous strength of mind of those who have suffered serious psychological trauma or are facing hospitalization due to serious pathologies: this is resilience.
It is the will to smile despite the discomfort, to see beyond that discomfort, to when it will be over and leave us new, strong, hardened.
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