This article focuses on the thought that what doesn't kill you will make you stronger. The example used is of Lance Armstrong, who after being diagnosed with cancer fought through it, becoming a stronger individual, and even went on to win the upcoming Tour de France. Due to his positive outlook towards the struggle, he became a better person and a harder worker than ever before.
The article also explains that sometimes challenges do not always cause this improvement. two-thirds of people in a study become more distressed after given a challenge, while the other third flourished and became harder workers, maintaining positive attitudes.
Do you believe that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, or is there a point where an adversity may do more harm than good?
8 comments:
I agree with both statements above. What doesn't kill you does make you stronger but at some point you may be doing more harm to yourself than you think. It also depends on what youre doing and how healthy you are while attempting it again. People say ''mind over matter'' but sometimes wanting to accomplish something is just too much for you body to take.
Mariah G
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, but can also hurt you. We all been in situations where lessons are learned from mistakes made. After the mistake, you learn from the experience, which strengthens you as a person; but you also can be jaded. I do think there are times when one is pushed so far and reaches their limit, but you gain no beneficiation. For example, we have all been hurt from someone or hurt from a certain time in our lives. Yes, we learn from that and grow as a person, but you still feel the harm lingering after what was done and that’s never a good feeling.
I believe that some adversity makes us stronger better people but I think that if you live with too much adversity that this will affect your overall personality. If you grow up in a really harsh enviorment sometimes you can not get over those adversities.
I think what doesn't kill you does make you stronger, but at the same token i think there is a point where adversity may do more harm then good. Like amy says we all make mistakes and we all learn form them and I think in those cases we do become a stronger person because we are taking away from are experiences and learning from them. But i also believe that sometimes things can be too much for us, meaning you can reach a point where it doesn't make you stronger it just hurts and is hard to deal with.
I agree with both, what doesn't kill you can make you stronger but at some point all the pain and hurt going towards you can break you down. Experiences can make you stronger because you learn a lesson from them, but at a point it gets to be too much and does hurt you.
Rachel Pac
i agree with the statement that what doesnt kill us only makes us stronger...to an extent. If you are in a car accident and go into a coma, you probably won't come out stronger, but depending on the seriousness of the event, it can make us stronger emotionally.
I think that what doesn't kill us does make us stronger but like Nick said to an extent. Obviously if you are in a car accident you might not come out strong unless you overcome a certain fear but i think in Lance Armstrong's case it's true. When you're in a problem you can over come it and learn what you did wrong and become a better person. So many lessons are learned from making mistakes that in some way you would have to come out stronger.
I do believe in the quote, "Whatever doesn't kill us, makes us stronger." For example, going through the divorce with my family was absolutely rough, but it also helped me develop as a person.
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