post-traumatic growth

the ability to bounce back from and learn from adversity

a.k.a. bouncing back

Complementary virtues

Contrasting vices

  • bearing scars
  • giving up
  • inability to recover / get over something
  • PTSD

Virtues possibly in tension

TBD

How to acquire or strengthen it

TBD

Notes and links

  • S.J. Lopez (ed.) Positive Psychology: Exploring the Best in People vol. 3 “Growing in the Face of Adversity”

Mentioned elsewhere

TBD

Inspirational quotes

  • “I judge you unfortunate because you have never lived through misfortune. You have passed through life without an opponent — no one can ever know what you are capable of, not even you.” —Seneca, On Providence 4.3