psychological resilience
Bouncing back mentally
Psychological resilience is the capacity to recover from adversity, trauma, or significant stress.
It involves adapting well in the face of hardship rather than being permanently damaged by difficult experiences.
Resilience isn't the absence of distress but the ability to function and eventually regain equilibrium: Her psychological resilience helped her rebuild after the divorce.
The concept appears frequently in mental health discussions, sometimes overapplied to suggest people should simply bounce back from systemic problems.
- mental toughnessPsychological resilience capacity
- inner strengthMental and emotional resilience
- adaptabilityAbility to adjust readily
- roll with the punchesCope with adversity flexibly
- self-efficacyBelief in one's capabilities
perseverance · staying power · mindfulness · hardiness · bounce back · reframing · silver lining · self-compassion · grit · neuroplasticity · coping mechanisms · equanimity · emotional regulation · self-regulation · keeping it together · growth mindset · cognitive flexibility · stress tolerance
psychological resiliencebrittleness
Prone to snapping
fragility · mental breakdown · learned helplessness · vulnerability · emotional instability
psychological resilienceemotional instability
Unpredictable shifts in feeling
fragility · brittleness · volatility · hypersensitivity · emotional dysregulation
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