Life will throw many things at us. It will challenge us, frustrate, annoy, anger. We will taste defeat and we will achieve success. None in life can escape adversity. But, we can build the resilience to face it.
| Definition We define emotional resilience as the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress. Resilience helps one navigate stressors in a way that one can, control, modify and grow from them. |
If we had the fortune of meeting someone who is resilient, we would notice the following behavioural indicators in them:-
- They bounce back from frustrating events, without letting it effect motivation.
- They are receptive to criticisms.
- They give measured thought out reactions in most situations. Are even able to keep their calm longer in adversity.
- They adapt themselves in the face of stressful events; to form effective behaviors and attitudes to predict and cope with situations better than before.
- Have high self efficacy and maintain self esteem and self confidence during failures.
- Believe in finding solutions, rather than dwelling on problems.
- Resolve conflict through discussions.
- Will accept and forgive others readily
To develop this resilience we need skills to not get too frustrated, annoyed or angry. We need to learn how to keep an open mind, how to not judge ourselves and others based on our wins and losses.
In simpler words, we need emotional resilience to be able to weather the worst storms. Lucky for us it is not an abstract concept. Psychologists have recognized the factors and skills that we can work on to build our resilience. In this module that is what we will cover:-
- The definitions and facets of emotional resilience
- What are emotions and how to recognise our own emotional states.
- What is stress – stress response.
- How to deal with stress.
- Practices to help us in dealing with discomfort, and failure
We have also included an optional mentoring session in this module to help in guiding you through this journey
