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The meeting was led by psychologist Anna Cieślik
The meeting, which took place on March 23, 2022, was led by Anna Cieślik – psychologist, business coach, educator, who specializes in building competence in managing emotions. Below you will find additional materials prepared by Pracownia Rozwoju, thanks to which you will be able to broaden your knowledge in the field of building mental resilience.
Find out what your preferred style of coping with stress is
Stress is not what happens to us. It’s our response to what happens. And response is something we can choose.
Maureen Killoran
In addition to personal stressors, global issues such as climate change, overpopulation, terrorism, or pandemics can be sources of tension. Whether we find them stressful depends on our judgment. This judgment takes into account whether we have sufficient resources to cope with the difficult situation caused by these factors.
Our way of judging a difficult situation and the resulting ways of reacting may become fixed and then we will call it a style of coping with stress. There are 3 styles:
- task-oriented – individuals who are task-focused try to quickly identify the problem and look for possible solutions,
- emotion-oriented – such individuals focus on experiencing emotions and trying to relieve them,
- avoidance-oriented – such individuals, occupy their attention with something else just to divert it from thinking about the problem.
A rigid style is not always the best strategy in any given situation, so it is a good idea to learn different techniques for building resilience to stress. Fill out the test, learn your intuitive way of reacting, and read on for what you can do to respond in a more flexible way.
Techniques for building resilience to stress
The Buddha once asked a student, “If a person is struck by an arrow, is it painful?” The student replied, “It is.” The Buddha then asked, “If the person is struck by a second arrow, is that even more painful?” The student replied again, “It is.” The Buddha then explained, “In life, we cannot always control the first arrow. However, the second arrow is our reaction to the first. And with this second arrow comes the possibility of choice.” Often the automatic emotional responses that are triggered in a crisis situation can cause additional suffering, limit our minds, and prevent us from seeing the best course of action.
Imagine a man who is able to face the hardships of life and when faced with a crisis situation can not only survive, but even come out of it stronger. This is a mentally resilient person, who can be compared to a tree with strong roots and a flexible trunk, which bends during shocks, but does not let itself be easily broken.
The foundation of resilience to stress is emotional flexibility, allowing us to recover quickly from the shock experienced – a strength we can develop!
See what different techniques can be used to build resilience to stress.
What is important, we can learn new, more constructive ways to cope with a difficult situation. The techniques that are closest to us will be those that are in line with our preferences, but it is also worth developing those skills that initially seem very distant to us. Regularity and persistence encourage the formation of new habits. When new ways of coping with stress become habitual activities, they will no longer be difficult for us and their positive consequences will be felt in our daily mood.
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