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Resilience

Resilience is the ability to adapt well to stress, adversity, trauma, or tragedy.

 Being resilient does not mean that individuals are problem free or unaffected by difficulties. Resilience involves drawing on personal beliefs, behaviors, skills, attitudes, and strengths to move through stress, trauma, and tragedy without losing the ability to cope and enjoy life.