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People who have lived through some hardship cope better with later trouble than people who have faced none at all. A life with no adversity in it leaves no practice at bearing any.

Mark D. Seery and colleagues, 2010 · study of 2,398 adults tracked over several years, University at Buffalo

Whatever does not kill us: Cumulative lifetime adversity, vulnerability, and resilience, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 99(6), 1025-1041

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Mark D. Seery and colleagues: People who have lived through some hardship cope better with later trouble than people who have faced none at all. A life with no adversity in it leaves no practice at bearing any.