Choosing to See the Upside of Adversity So far, we’ve seen that adversity can make you more resilient and that trauma can lead to growth. Moreover, we’ve seen that taking this point of view on your past challenges can help you persist in the face of present stress. But what about when you’re in the middle of a stressful situation? Is there any benefit to believing that adversity helps you grow while you are neck-deep in it? One way to answer this is to find people in stressful circumstances and ask them if they see any benefit in the situation. If they do, does it lead to a better outcome? The
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