It's OK to Not Be OK
Everyone gets a little rain in their lives, at some point. I survived breast cancer, my husband was recently treated for colon cancer (not to mention the aneurysm he has on his aorta and leg, which must be surgically removed) and his recently-acquired rheumatoid arthritis. We have no relationship with either of our families and our son is growing up (with older parents) pretty much just with us. I live in fear that we will both be gone when he is still too young to manage on his own (he's 17). But people have other disappointments, too -- losing a job, or a loved one, the failure of a relationship. But a new study says that how you respond to adversity can affect how you get through it, according to newswise.com. Research on how adults deal with adversity has been dominated by studies claiming the most common response is uninterrupted and stable psychological functioning. In other words, this research suggests that most adults are essentially unfaze...