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4 Amazing Ways Strong People Handle Adversity
#1: They tell their traumas with redemption
Some people go through challenges with what seems like a supernatural ability. Regardless of the situation, they go through it and bounce back stronger.
Do they really possess some superpowers? Or do they just seem to be better at handling pain, grief, trauma, failure, and disappointment?
It turns out that such people have developed certain coping habits that allow them to find the emotional strength required to carry them through difficult times.
1. They tell their traumas with redemption
In the field of psychology, it is believed that the stories you’ve internalized about yourself and the ongoing stories you narrate about your experiences in life influence both your identity and behaviors.
People narrate their pains, hurts, traumas, and failures in different ways but most times, how they tell these stories holds them back from healing and growth. Their stories keep them in the same pattern of unhealthy behaviors in which they are unable to fully recover from the situation.
Redemptive narration is when you choose to tell your experiences as moving from negative to positive, from illness to recovery, or suffering to…
