Continuing on no matter what. It may take making a change, changing something along the way, or adapting to new circumstances.

I think resilience is the ability to cope with mental and physical stress. It is the driving force that helps me look forward and strive to get to the finishing line. It is like running a marathon.

Based on the above assertions, resilience can be defined as adapting to different environments and situations. However, this adaptability is dependent on response to various stimuli and previous exposure to these situations. For example, a person with prior experiences with PTSD can easily handle future PTSD experiences. The ability to run, however, is dependent on both natural and acquired developmental processes of resilience.

In my words, resilience is a bounce back capacity of an individual after the experience of a significant stress situation(s).

The power that comes with the ability to keep moving forward without defined limitations.

Resilience is the ability to bend, but not break. In the journal article by Windle (2011), it is likened to a spring that returns to its intrinsic shape. Resilience is absorbing a shock wave, and although it may have changed major parts of one’s life, it also created a repaired (but stronger) foundation.

I define resilience as ability to cope effectively and maintain a healthy emotional state after being exposed to adversity. It is continuation of functional growth and applying to cushion future stressful situations in life.

Resilience is the way people learn to cope with difficult life experiences that helps them to find peace with the situation and to recover to a healthy mental state of enduring difficulty.