
Mental Resilience: A positive concept with a negative “origin”… ..
Mental Resilience: A positive concept with a negative “origin”… ..
Mental resilience is heard and is a positive concept for man. It refers to the ability or skill that the person develops to cope with difficulties, to manage negative emotions and unpleasant situations, to endure difficulties and not to be overwhelmed by adversity. He is the man who, as is often said, “does not give up easily”. In any case, it is not easy for him, however, he has developed the appropriate “antibodies” to endure and overcome the difficulty that arises.
In sports, the concept acquires a multifaceted dimension and with great variety in its application, as it is associated with injuries, failures, defeats and all kinds of perceived adversities. Its importance lies in the fact that the athlete continues to try, while the aforementioned adversities happen to him and in no case is he paid to give up his effort. This is why the concept of mental endurance is so important and necessary for sports activity.
Have we wondered how it develops, how it is cultivated in the individual? How is it possible to endure hardship without losing motivation? How did he acquire this ability when it is not equally obvious to everyone?
The “Negative Origin” of mental resilience lies in this very point: In order to develop it, a person will need to have difficulties, experienced unpleasant feelings, overcome adversity, and “know the way” to return.
Whatever difficulty everyone encounters and at the same time finds a way to overcome it, the more unpleasant a situation is and finds a way to deal with it, the more resilient it will become. It is required from an early age the development of the individual’s autonomy with the parallel support of his environment and at the same time his “education” in dealing with difficulties. We would like for everyone to never encounter an unpleasant condition in their life or sports activity. As such seems rather unlikely, every time someone encounters the negative and unpleasant dimension of everyday life, he has in mind that he “builds” his mental resilience ……
Giannis Zarotis
Psychologist-Sports Psychologist
www.psychology.org.gr
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