Supernormal: The Untold Story of Adversity and Resilience

News events such as natural disasters, mass shootings, misconduct, etc. may have adverse effects on adults and children, such as depression, anxiety neurosis, posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychologist Meg Jay explains the influence of chronic stress in her new book "Paranormal phenomena: story of unknown adversity and recovery" (12 / Grand Central), explaining phenomenon of resilience and adversity overcoming To do. Ability "This is deceiving, if you consider only one adversity, such as having alcohol-dependent parents or living in domestic violence, this is only a small part of the population. ... It turned out to really unite us, at least 75% by the age of 20. As we have heard in the news, adversity has not stopped, it can continue to exist. "

Megjay, in her book "Paranormal phenomenon: a story of unknown adversity and recovery", "I like the word" extraordinary ". That means how brave it is. Beyond your circumstances, or beyond what happens to you. "What is important is not the event of life but the meaning that we create from these events It is up to you whether you will empower or create a helpless meaning in difficult times of your life Two different people You can experience the same event, but it has a completely different meaning from their experience.

In recent years, flexibility is prevalent in psychology world. But "extraordinary" not only missed the opportunity to recall a difficult story but also missed the opportunity to explore a number of special and infinite creative ways most people were suffering from destruction Go through and find a better way for it.