Description
Stress is not an enemy. It is a fact of life, a mandate from nature that we change and grow. Yet when a stressful event occurs- a death in the family, a divorce, the loss of a job-stress can reach crisis proportions that can keep us from functioning. We fall apart. Or we fight bravely on, willing our lives to get better-fast.
There is another choice. According to eminent psychiatrist Frederic Flach, the dynamics of stress can be harnessed and faced head on. By allowing ourselves to fall apart under pressure, we can then go on to identify and regenerate the pieces of our lives into a more successful whole.
Drawing examples from his own case studies and his thirty years of experience, Dr. Flach describes a remarkable, truly revolutionary antidote for our stress-filled times. The necessary ingredient is resilience.
Dr. Flach offers a two-step process of disruption-giving in to the stress-and reintegration-putting the pieces of our world back together but into a new, stronger, wider-based structure. Rather than providing an escape valve for moments of extreme crisis, resilience bolsters the continuous cycle of learning, unlearning, and adapting that is a necessary part of our personal growth.
Building resilience is an on-going process: the minor everyday pressures of life will strengthen our resilient qualities, such as self-esteem, independence, and a sense of humor, so that we may weather truly shattering adversities with more equanimity. With resilience, we emerge from each event better "put together" and more qualified to deal with greater challenges.
ISBN:9780449902721
