People do not want to talk or hear about trauma. It is not entertaining. Resilience is more fun, but I am going to take this corner of the website to describe trauma. This subject does not have to be a downer. These blogs will include stories, science, and thoughts. I do believe we need to know about trauma. It is affecting more than we realize.
How Are We Coping?
We are tough, wise, and managing some rough seas. How do we do that? Last week I got too excited and saw how close I was to the edge. I was doing a bad job of “coping”. These days we are all coping, so I decided to give it a closer look.
COPING (dealing with difficulties) is an essential ingredient to maintaining balance in our well-being. We tend to overlook it and focus on the breakthroughs or the breakdowns. “Coping” holds us together.