Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums General Discussion resilience, learning from failures/mistakes

Over the years there have been several threads here on the Gifted Issues Discussion Forum, lamenting a sense of failure for various reasons and after encountering a variety of situations and setbacks. Hopefully each author's circumstances which had them feeling stuck, are temporary and will pass.

With that in mind, there have also been numerous posts regarding fear of failure as the root of procrastination, perfectionism.

There are also soundbites, such as:
- Live and learn.
- Much of life is a reiterative process.

Carol Dweck's book, mindset (2007), includes discussion of the power which exists in self-talk and use of the word "yet" (for example "I don't know how to do that... yet"). This YouTube video provides one reader's summary of mindset:

Here is a current article which touches a bit on the overall concept of resilience, and learning from failures, mistakes, and adversity.
7 Signs of Mentally Strong People
by Tracy S. Hutchinson, Ph.D.
September 8, 2022
Psychology Today

Here is another article with a somewhat similar approach and recommendation for dealing with adversity:

5 Ways of Changing Your Thought Pattern During Hard Times
Ran D. Anbar, M.D.
Psychology Today
Nov 7, 2022

The article is brief, well-worth reading, and may spark new idea or two.

Have you ever tried reframing a mistake as part of the process instead of a failure? What helped you get past that stuck feeling?