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Description: Studies consistently show that 60 percent to 80 percent of us already have a strong capacity for resilience built in.

Makai Allbert is a health writer with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences and a Master of Arts in Humanities. He has conducted biomedical research at the University of Maryland, collaborated on data analytics projects with NASA, and served as a visiting scholar at Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies. He aims to deliver well-researched insights in health journalism. Contact Makai at makai.allbert@epochtimes.nyc

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We’ve been misunderstanding resilience. It’s not about being unbreakable or never experiencing stress. The science reveals something far more surprising and far more hopeful.

In this video, we examine what researchers found when testing Navy SEALs and U.S. Army Special Forces, also known as Green Berets, under pressure. It turns out that the most resilient soldiers experienced just as much stress as everyone else. The key difference was in how they recovered. We look into the biology of bouncing back, from hormones to brain regions that activate differently in resilient people.

Here’s the good news: Studies consistently show that 60 percent to 80 percent of us already have a strong capacity for resilience built in. The real question is whether we’re actively developing it before we need it. We share practical, science-backed techniques to help you build your resilience starting today.

🖋️ <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10615806.2020.1825693">Interpreting a graphic video as frightening leads to more intrusive memories</a>

🖋️ <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886914006710?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Meta-analysis of 60 studies: higher resilience linked to less depression/anxiety and higher life satisfaction.</a>

🖋️ <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197457222000167#abs0001" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Adults aged 65+ with medium to high resilience spent 30 percent less than average annually on health care.</a>

🖋️ <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ejn.15109" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Navy SEALs/Green Berets breath-holding study: Resilient soldiers recovered faster from stress.</a>

🖋️ <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08964289.2020.1712648" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Navy SEAL Hell Week study: Successful candidates had a 31 percent higher than average DHEA-to-cortisol ratio.</a>

🖋️ <a href="https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.13040502" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Marines with mindfulness training showed different brain activation (insula/anterior cingulate cortex) after stress.</a>

🖋️ <a href="https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-31938-010" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">“Best possible self” visualization technique is an efficient method for cultivating optimism.</a>

🖋️ Motivational self-talk increases focus and executive control.

🔴 Increases effort: <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32412145/">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32412145/ </a>

🔴 Increases focus: <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28813338/">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28813338/ </a>

🔴 Increases executive control: <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27580154/">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27580154/ </a>

🖋️ <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s44159-023-00233-5" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Resilient people learn to say “The future will be OK” – regulatory flexibility research.</a>

🖋️ <a href="https://www.nsw.navy.mil/NSW/SEAL-Ethos" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Navy SEAL Ethos: “I will never quit… If knocked down, I will get back up, every time.”</a>

🖋️ 60 percent to 80 percent of people show resilient outcomes after major adversity (9/11 and school shooting studies).

<a href="https://nursingacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/resiliencepotentialtraumamancini.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">🔴 9/11 aftermath</a>

<a href="https://rockinst.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Can-People-Benefit-From-Acute-Stress-Social-Support-Psychological-Improvement-and-Resilience-After-the-Virginia-Tech-Campus-Shootings-Mancini-et-al.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">🔴 Virginia Tech shootings</a>

🖋️ <a href="https://ept.ms/mindscienceresilience" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Mind Science Behind True Resilience</a>

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