This is T and she is RESILIENT.
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Describe the situation where you had to be resilient:
My father passed away in an accident and I had to pause school and then be on autopilot mode in order to complete my studies.
T’s Story:
I picked up a call on an early morning while I was still thick with sleep. It was a call with a death notification from overseas, regarding my father. He had passed away in an accident that has been difficult to fathom to this day how sudden it came.
I was shocked and could not believe that he was actually dead. I was in denial and then acceptance that he was injured. I hopped on the plane as soon as I could book a ticket.
There was a three days delay and I had thought the whole time my father was in critical condition but I found out from my family upon arrival, that he actually passed away during the first evening he was admitted to the hospital.
I cried, grieved, was angry, frustrated, extremely hurt, and confused.
I was filled with regrets of “I should have known” or “I should haves” I felt a lot of self-blame for a death that I did not create. I went numb and through a phase thereafter, of telling myself to push through no matter what.
How did you practice resilience when faced with this challenge?
Going numb, for some reason, helped me cope as I pushed through school and did everything I could to “just deal with it.” I also kept busy.
Please share one piece of advice for people who are going through a similar challenge:
Death can come at any time. We enter the same and exit the same, in different capacities. Not forgotten, but we can overcome with time – this is certain.
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