The document discusses whether hardship makes or breaks a person. The first section argues that hardship is part of the human experience and that some of the most influential people have overcome great hardships. While hardship can be difficult, it is the source of inspiration and leads to happiness. The second section counters that hardship is a difficult situation and that believing success only comes through hardship can be psychologically harmful, leading to feelings of shame, lack of control, and long-term negative impacts on health and well-being.
The document discusses whether hardship makes or breaks a person. The first section argues that hardship is part of the human experience and that some of the most influential people have overcome great hardships. While hardship can be difficult, it is the source of inspiration and leads to happiness. The second section counters that hardship is a difficult situation and that believing success only comes through hardship can be psychologically harmful, leading to feelings of shame, lack of control, and long-term negative impacts on health and well-being.
The document discusses whether hardship makes or breaks a person. The first section argues that hardship is part of the human experience and that some of the most influential people have overcome great hardships. While hardship can be difficult, it is the source of inspiration and leads to happiness. The second section counters that hardship is a difficult situation and that believing success only comes through hardship can be psychologically harmful, leading to feelings of shame, lack of control, and long-term negative impacts on health and well-being.
Suffering is part of the human condition. No one escapes this life untouched by pain and heartache. Hardships, when they happen, often arise out of the blue and can plague us for what seems like forever. But a world that’s connected by bitter people is not a world that’s connected at all. When we stew in our own sense of injustice, we can’t see outside ourselves. We can’t feel empathy for others. We can’t truly care about others. And we can’t induce change. Inspiration is rooted in hardship, and from it flourishes happiness. Some of the most powerful influencers of good have gone through the roughest, lowest ordeals.
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Hardship is a very difficult situation to be in. Many of us were raised by parents of a very different generation. They believed that success was reached by choosing a path and committing to it, hardships remind us that this is far from true. Psychological research has identified that parental self-sacrifice is a negative core belief, which is associated with negative outcomes and often accompany feelings of shame and a lack of control. The impact and consequences of self-sacrifice styles of decisions making on factors such as wellbeing and long-term hardship should play a role on poverty related decision-making models. The occurrence of psychological distress, stress, health concerns originated from. - Saksham Saxena