Resilience

“No matter how far life pushes you down, no matter how much you hurt, you can always bounce back.” 

Sheryl Swoope

JUMP! 

I think this picture represents resilience because it is a metaphor of what I feel I should do when I’m down or depressed. When I’m sad, inside I feel like a crammed curled up ball with everything shut in. To help myself to get over it, I try to spread out, to feel connected and energised again. 

To become more resilient I try to talk to someone about my issue, and listen to their opinions.The hardest part can be getting out of my shell and telling someone about my problem. Usually they can help me put it into perspective. Sometimes I feel so down about it and it seems like I can’t get over it, but I always do in the end. Usually it’s small things which I know won’t matter to me a month later but they do now. To overcome it I try to put it out of my mind, by reading or listening to music or doing something normal to get my mind off it. Eventually I get over it, but it takes time.