Resilience helps us to adapt and through this protect ourselves against experiences that could be overwhelming, ultimately protecting us from becoming vulnerable to mental ill-health.
Resilience helps deal with difficult situations in life. Families, schools and society can also provide opportunities to promote resilience by having clear rules, providing safety and care, encouraging individuality and growth for example.
‘Stiff upper lip’ is about ‘bottling’ up or not expressing upset. This technique doesn’t generally provide you with the ability to deal with difficulties. Resilience includes being upset since this is a healing emotion that is needed to deal with certain difficulties.
