Media Joe Pyfer Gets Candid About Overcoming an Abusive Household

[Brigfa2]

I guess abused white boy is the best base for the MMA now

 

[SalvadorAllende]

Put that fucker up against Nickal

Battle of the gingers?

 

[Aluminati]

Good training

It's the new chasing a chicken training trope.

 

[laleggenda27]

I think this is a common story in MMA. Early childhood abuse is the most damaging because that is when your brain is still developing; this guy talked about being like 4-5, geez.


True, that's called resilience, some people show more of that than others; everyone deserves empathy. Nonetheless, at this point Sean is responsible for his behavior.

Boiling it down to "resilience" is way too simplistic. In any event, Strickland obviously takes things too far.

 

[Levi_]

Boiling it down to "resilience" is way too simplistic. In any event, Strickland obviously takes things too far.

Resilience is a broad psychological concept. Those who have trauma in childhood often do poorly; those who do well despite the early trauma are said to be resilient as they have overcome what others often have not. In therapy with traumatized children and adults, there are specific approaches and techniques for fostering resilience.

Resilience definitions, theory, and challenges: interdisciplinary perspectives

In this paper, inspired by the plenary panel at the 2013 meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Dr. Steven Southwick (chair) and multidisciplinary panelists Drs. George Bonanno, Ann Masten, Catherine Panter-Brick, and Rachel ...

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Most of us think of resilience as the ability to bend but not break, bounce back, and perhaps even grow in the face of adverse life experiences. The American Psychological Association (2014) defines resilience as “the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or even significant sources of stress (para. 4).” While this definition is useful, it does not reflect the complex nature of resilience (see Southwick, Douglas-Palumberi, & Pietrzak, 2014 for a discussion). Determinants of resilience include a host of biological, psychological, social and cultural factors that interact with one another to determine how one responds to stressful experiences.