What is Resilience?
Define Resilience
The process or ability to adapt to life's difficult experiences.
Your cognitive capacity to stay flexible, calm, and hopeful during uncertainty or crisis.
Mental/Psychological Resilience
Prioritize relationships, join a group
Define a stressor?
Any stimulus or event that triggers a physiological or psychological stress response.
Define healthy coping skills.
A positive action you use to manage stress, anxiety, and/or difficult life events without causing harm to yourself or others.
True or False: Resilience is a skill you can build with time and practice.
True
Your body's ability to adapt to physical demands, maintain stamina, heal from injuries, and recover from illnesses
Physical Resilience
What is one way you can foster wellness?
Self-care, practice mindfulness, avoid negative outlets
What is the difference between stress and a stressor?
Stress is the internal feeling/bodily reaction, stressors are the causes or triggers of the feeling/reaction
Define unhealthy coping skills?
Actions used to deal with stress, anxiety, or life events that cause more harm than good in the long run.
What is one of the most important factors, if not the most important factor, in resilience?
Relationships/social support
Your ability to regulate strong emotions like anger, sadness, or fear when facing difficulties.
Emotional Resilience
How can you find purpose in your life?
Help others, volunteer, be proactive, move towards goals, self-discovery
What is the difference between acute and chronic stressors?
Acute are short-term events that appear suddenly and chronic is ongoing/long term conditions that persist for weeks, months, or longer
List five healthy coping skills you can use in your lives.
Meditation, exercise, journaling, social activities, deep breathing, listening to music, getting into nature, spend time with pets, rest, nails done, hair done, go for a walk
What is it called when the brain forms new pathways overtime to help you adapt?
Neuroplasticity
Your capacity to maintain strong support networks, build mutual trust, and cooperate with others or your community during collective hardships and disasters
Social/Community Resilience
List two avenues for seeking help
Psychologist, therapist, counseling, parents, professors, classmates, friends, siblings, supervisors
Name three major categories of stressors.
Significant life changes, catastrophic events, daily hassles, ambient stressors, financial troubles, occupational stressors
List three unhealthy coping skills.
Drinking, holding your breath, avoidance, substance use, withdrawal, binge-eating, overworking, self-harm
Name three characteristics/traits of a resilient person.
Emotional regulation, problem-solving skills, adaptability, flexibility, self-compassion, strong social connections, optimism, purpose
An organization's ability to anticipate disruptions, adapt to incremental changes, and survive or prosper in the business world.
Organizational Resilience
What is one way you can embrace healthy thoughts?
Keep things in perspective, accept change, maintain a hopeful outlook, learn from your past
Grad school, financial obligations, workload, family issues, other
What is one new coping skill you want to try in the future?
Exercising, meditating, hiking, getting a pet, connecting with estranged family/friends, new hobbies, other