The Pathway to Resilience

The cry of help rings from both the bleakest ghetto and the ritziest mansion. The same echo of a meaningless life reverberates at the downtown bar and the country club. There are senior citizens, middle-aged men and women, and teens with equally hollow hearts, for which no medical prescription exists. Death is everywhere from wars, sickness and accidents leaving orphans, widows and many grieving families for the loss of their beloved. Rings for help are coming from everywhere: Torture of every sort, persecutions, beheading, burns, sexual, physical and verbal abuse; separation of children with their parents, neglect, threatening with weapons; Divorce, betrayal, serious illness, loss of a job, of wealth and position, dictatorial political regime, exiles, imprisonments, etc... are life threatening events that can cause psychological distress. In many communities, it is so common and often to meet someone who is experiencing emotional distress either from a current or past situation that has affected his life to some degree. Unlike the pain a person might incur from a physical illness or trauma, psychological pain is a form of mental suffering that is devastating nowadays.