Resilience helps to overcome traumatic event

• May 4, 2024

How many times have we not asked why the past keeps tormenting me? Why is that traumatic situation in my past still coming back? When are the ghosts of the past going?

Boris Cyrulnik , a concentration camp survivor, is one of the main theorists of the Resilience , this is the ability to overcome a traumatic event.

The memory It makes a selection of memories that you keep, that which has affected your life in some way. This author postulates that for a memory to be traumatic, death is seen close up, where the memory he is more attentive to the information valid for his survival and the rest does not perceive it. In those who have not seen death closely their memory goes further.

Understanding and sharing the emotions of the traumatic past is said to have initiated the process of Resilience . By evolving, you can remodel the memory to see from another point the experience that caused the trauma.

Many times, as a defense mechanism, the past is ignored and the past is continued. In doing so, the past continues with us but we mutilate part of the personality. By understanding what happened, you also learn to know yourself, who you are, what you are capable of, what weak points you have, among many other things.

This author highlights several characteristics that he observed in children who had gone through difficult situations and still had a good quality of life.

Characteristics of resilient people

1. High intelligence quotient
2. Remarkable ability to solve problems
3. Resources to face reality
4. Ability to plan
5. Sense of humor

Factors that promote resilience

1. Rebel and fighter personality
2. Active attitude
3. Capacity for reflection and responsibility
4. Ability to love
5. Maintain a stable relationship with one of the parents.

Remember that forgetting the past is not easy, it only depends on what you want to face and take full responsibility for your growth.

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