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There is no such thing as "too much resilience". What a ridiculous article. Stopped reading it when they mentioned that people staying in their jobs despite hat
by auggierose 9y ago
There is no such thing as "too much resilience". What a ridiculous article. Stopped reading it when they mentioned that people staying in their jobs despite hating it are "resilient". That's not the word I would use for it.
- briancleland 9y agoThe article isn't great, but they do link to an interesting paper on the subject: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0156279 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal....
- silverbax88 9y agoI agree with that, I think resilient is not the correct term for what is described in the article, but rather accommodation or possibly rationalization. People will adapt to their circumstances in both directions: if things become worse, people can adapt to rationalize it as normal, whereas if things become better, people will become eventually complacent and want things to improve, even though things have already improved.
- cousin_it 9y agoAgreed. I'd use something like "learned helplessness".
- FilterSweep 9y ago"Silly Americans (who are attached at the hip to rent-seeking slumlords), why don't you just leave that job that is causing you mental harm?!"