Journal of Traumatic Stress Disorders & TreatmentISSN: 2324-8947

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Review Article, J Trauma Stress Disor Treat Vol: 2 Issue: 1

Principles for Realizing Resilience: A New View of Trauma and Inner Resilience

Thomas M Kelley1* and Jack Pransky2
1Department of Criminal Justice, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
2Center for Inside-Out Understanding, 310 Dickerson Rd., Moretown, VT 05660, USA
Corresponding author : Thomas M Kelley
Department of Criminal Justice, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA|
Tel: 248-227-1757
E-mail: aa5216@wayne.edu
Received: February 06, 2013 Accepted: March 14, 2013 Published: March 19, 2013
Citation: Kelley TM , Pransky J (2013) Principles for Realizing Resilience: A New View of Trauma and Inner Resilience. J Trauma Stress Disor Treat 2:1. doi:10.4172/2324-8947.1000102

Abstract

Principles for Realizing Resilience: A New View of Trauma and Inner Resilience

This paper offers a new view of trauma and human resilience based on three principles for realizing resilience. This view challenges the current perspective of how and why traumatic events appear to induce and sustain painful symptoms from the outside, by explaining how these symptoms are created and maintained from within, regardless of circumstances. It proposes that all people can access innate resilience allowing them to move through loss and trauma with minimal distress, grace, and even positive emotions. It distinguishes between accessing innate resilience from coping with loss and trauma with social supports, personality traits, and management strategies. While more rigorous, controlled research is needed to document the efficacy of interventions based on these principles, existing supportive evidence is compelling and appears to warrant the field’s attention.

Keywords: The three principles: Mind, Thought, Consciousness; Innate health; Resilience; PTSD; Positive psychology; Health realization

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