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Speaking of Psychology

Building resilience in the face of adversity, with George Bonanno, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

Kim Mills

Health & Fitness, Life Sciences, Science, Mental Health

4.3781 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

No one gets through life without encountering adversity. But many people survive terrible things without lasting trauma. George Bonanno, PhD, talks about how humans cope with extreme life events, the factors that lead to resilience in the face of adversity, and how cultivating cognitive flexibility can help us handle difficult times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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No one gets through life unscathed.

0:33.4

We all encounter difficult and painful things.

0:36.6

We get sick, our loved ones die, we live through natural disasters and wars.

0:41.3

Many people would call these events traumatic, and they do have the potential to traumatize us.

0:46.3

But in recent years, psychologists have found something surprising.

0:50.3

Most people managed to get through terrible times and come out the other side without

0:55.1

lasting trauma. Today we're going to talk to a researcher who studies the psychology of human loss,

1:00.7

grief, and resilience about why we may be more resilient than we realize. So what is trauma? What is

1:08.0

resilience? Why do people sometimes develop post-traumatic stress disorder

1:12.2

or lasting trauma after a terrible experience while other times they don't? And what can we learn

1:18.2

from this research that can help us handle difficult times and treat or even prevent lasting trauma?

1:24.6

Welcome to Speaking of Psychology, the flagship podcast of the American Psychological Association

1:30.3

that examines the links between psychological science and everyday life.

1:34.3

I'm Kim Mills.

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