Resiliency

[BetteTheRed]

Also resiliency is often connected to being in a relationship. Some are more, or less.

 

[Luce NDs]

Is resiliency like a plastic mind that adapts and evolves? This presents complex enigma for the simple ...

Didn't some Nordic Philosopher state this one way or another?

Oh yes then the ministers that declare philosophy is the most evil studied because of the depths involved ... that's "the word" in a brief ...

 

[Nancy]

Resiliency sounds like the ability to deal with what life and people throw at you without breaking. I like to think it also means getting back up to face another day. But I get what @BetteTheRed says when it applies to relationships. A third party saying it would feel less than genuine and wouldn’t acknowledge the real feelings involved.

 

[jimkenney12]

All of us have some degree of resiliency, some more and some less. Would it be better to describe classes in resiliency more specifically? For example, classes in building positive relationships, classes in building physical and mental fitness, and classes in building skills for problem analysis and creating and implementing strategies. These are most of the elements in resiliency. Others like self perception, purpose, general trust would be harder to teach.

 

[Luce NDs]

All of us have some degree of resiliency, some more and some less. Would it be better to describe classes in resiliency more specifically? For example, classes in building positive relationships, classes in building physical and mental fitness, and classes in building skills for problem analysis and creating and implementing strategies. These are most of the elements in resiliency. Others like self perception, purpose, general trust would be harder to teach.

Some are glassy and stoic prone to shatter are the first crack ... porce*lain?

 

[BetteTheRed]

Others like self perception, purpose, general trust would be harder to teach.

Are these cultural or religious values? If the culture isn't answering these questions,, who is?

 

[jimkenney12]

This post was about resiliency, not values, the capacity to respond to challenges.

 

[Jae]

This post was about resiliency, not values, the capacity to respond to challenges.

Resiliency can be a core value, jim

 

[chansen]

I feel like my background in structural engineering can be of help here. Wait. Seriously.

When we think of the strength of any structural member, we are actually considering multiple versions of what people think of as "strength".

The first one people think of, is how much force can it take before it breaks? It's a terrible question, because what that's describing is "ultimate strength" Ultimate is where the thing actually snaps or otherwise catastrophically fails.

Well before something completely fails, it first hits something called "yield strength". This is the maximum force you can apply, after which, it goes back to it's normal shape and capacity (elasticity). Add more force and the material has "yielded". It hasn't catastrophically failed, but it will never be the same again.

Some people, like some steel, will have "yielded". They may live on, but they won't be the same again. And in people, we often take that as a win - as resilience. In structural engineering, it's a fail. That member may live on, and indeed it may have saved lives. The ability to not break at yield is called "ductility". It probably has a parallel word in psychology.

And while ductility is prized, if we handled people like we handle steel beams, we'd throw out the person who had yielded and replace them. I'm not saying structural engineering has all the answers.

 

[Luce NDs]

I feel like my background in structural engineering can be of help here. Wait. Seriously.

When we think of the strength of any structural member, we are actually considering multiple versions of what people think of as "strength".

The first one people think of, is how much force can it take before it breaks? It's a terrible question, because what that's describing is "ultimate strength" Ultimate is where the thing actually snaps or otherwise catastrophically fails.

Well before something completely fails, it first hits something called "yield strength". This is the maximum force you can apply, after which, it goes back to it's normal shape and capacity (elasticity). Add more force and the material has "yielded". It hasn't catastrophically failed, but it will never be the same again.

Some people, like some steel, will have "yielded". They may live on, but they won't be the same again. And in people, we often take that as a win - as resilience. In structural engineering, it's a fail. That member may live on, and indeed it may have saved lives. The ability to not break at yield is called "ductility". It probably has a parallel word in psychology.

And while ductility is prized, if we handled people like we handle steel beams, we'd throw out the person who had yielded and replace them. I'm not saying structural engineering has all the answers.

Then there are those with simple gifts that just steal away and no one ever observes it ... it is a gift not to be observed in some professed orders ...

I'm told some get great positions because of the power of not being scene! Backstage folk?