For me, resilience is about having security. As someone who grew up with all of the “poverty, abuse, absent parents, alcoholism, serious illness or some other m

For me, resilience is about having security. As someone who grew up with all of the “poverty, abuse, absent parents, alcoholism, serious illness or some other misfortune” traits, my ability to succeed was directly related to my ability to find a “gang” of others of similar circumstance and trusting them for shared security. It also helped to live in the 80s and 90s when it was easier to “fly under the radar” from external threats like police, government, hostile groups, etc. The pain of early trauma never goes away. But, I would never be able to cope with that pain if I didn’t have the ability to reach out to people I trust for support.