Hi and welcome to this week’s ‘question of the week’! As you may already know, the past week saw some traumatic events occur in Japan. First, an earthquake of magnitude 9.0 struck just off the east of Japan. This was then followed by a tsunami that swept inland, devastating coastal cities and damaging a nuclear power plant. I’ve been personally quite touched by the events that occurred, and really wish and hope all the strength that Japan recovers and learn from this tragedy.
In this week’s entry, the term ‘psychological resilience’ will be covered in the following question:
Does psychological resilience lead to hope?
The term psychological resilience stands for the ability to cope with, and bounce back from, stress and catastrophe. What occurred in Japan had, and still has, a large emotional impact on individuals. This may include people directly affected by it, people that know of others affected by it, or people that are touched by the stories and experiences that are shared by those affected. Yet, it is their resilience that makes them want life to go back to normal, help others who are in need, and learn from what went wrong. Resilience is also apparent in people who lost loved ones, as they try to accept that what happened cannot be changed.
With a resilient mindset, a person is able to create hope. Resilience pushes a person to return back to normal, which is done by creating hope for others as well as for oneself. A loved one that is missing makes a resilient person hope that he or she is still alive. In other words, whilst resilience is a state of mind, it leads to hope that drives a person to get back to normal.
In short: Psychological resilience stands for the ability to cope with stress and catastrophe. When found in a person, it leads to that person trying hard to return life back to normal. It is the process of returning back to normal that creates hope in finding loved ones, personal belongings, and in learning about what went wrong so that it won’t occur in the future again.
If you have any questions, disagree what was said, or have another opinion, then please do not hesitate to comment!
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