The human body and even more, the human spirit can adapt to almost anything given the right conditions and enough time. This idea has been viewed before in a plethora of studies documenting people in control like situations, for example prisons. However you really doesnt resonate with you until either it happens to you or something strikes a chord with you. For me, ive been reading a book called a Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl, a Holocaust survivor and accomplished psychologist. <center>https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58a821fed482e97464703264/58a957812109d3e083858585/590e0235e3df28458373c0cd/1499026643261/IMG_0045.JPEG?format=1500w</center> His telling of his story doesnt want to completely focus on the conditions he suffered but rather about the psychological effects such situations have on people. Frankl talks about in detail about what goes through the human mind and furthermore how it breaks down in the early parts of the book. Its terrifying to listen to what he and others had to go through, but even more terrifying to think what people can become. Most notably given harsh enough conditions you can adapt to anything. Frankl gives smaller examples like how many men who were unable to sleep with someone snoring or couldnt share a bed were now finding themselves falling asleep in seconds on a a piece of wood with 10 other men. However the most gripping examples are the ones of how your mind breaks down regarding empathy and sympathy. In times where you know it is either you or the other person you are willing to do anything to not be killed. As a physician within the camps, he talks about losing any sort of feeling for death and those who he helped that ultimately died. <center>https://optymyze.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/change.jpg</center> I think Frankl's story holds a much deeper meaning and it goes far beyond one basic point but in one way it shows the ability to change. I think there are many people who desperately need to change and are finding it near impossible. Whether that be trivial things like going on a diet or studying for x amount of hours to more severe cases like coming off of drugs. We can change anything given enough push and the right conditions. No one regardless of age, sex, ect is unable to change themselves if they want to do so or if others want them to enough. Perhaps its a bit of self control or just the lack of will for people to change certain things, but outside a bubble it can be hard. It is especially hard if you are the only one who is checking yourself to make sure you have accountability. However I truly believe that if there is anything you want, you can push yourself to change. -Calaber24p
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It's a great post.keep sharing.thank you very much for sharing with us.hope everyone will be like on this post great blog.keep it up.thank you.go on
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Wow nice writing post...... thanks for sharing.......
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travel fun Yes. of this great and the Photo a pretty
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we must be able to adapt to any conditions so that we can easily develop. good post @calaber24p
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Fully agree. The sky is the limit for anyone that is willing to put forth effort. Not thinking you can do something will result in just that, not accomplishing it. Believing in yourself and trying to do something, SOMETIMES will result in success. Yes we all fail, but personally I feel much better when I fail at 3 things and succeed at 1...than to fail completely by not trying at all. Thanks for the post, we all can use motivation! Cheers.
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Good post! Besides from believing in himself or herself, self-discipline is important to keep pushing and challenge someone to achieve better!
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..and that explains why we're accepting the government infringement on our rights, starting with taxes to total control over every aspect of our lives. If this social environment was dumped on people all at once as little as 50 years ago, there would have been an immediate revolution. Instead, we were slowly pushed into a corner and now most don't even realize that it has happened. Definitely we've adapted to harsh conditions, lol
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I love this post. Keep inspiring us! We can do it! Go Steemers! Joy I have met the nicest people on this platform. Many continue to inspire others despite their hidden issues. Thank you. :)
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I love this. Being able to adapt seamlessly to new and strange situations is a very nice attribute for one to have in their repertoire. We the citizens of Nigeria can extra relate to this.
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Thank you, @Calaber24p for this inspiring post. Since my (somewhat troubled) teen years I've turned to a quote by French poet, Rimbaud, for inspiration that echoes what you are saying above: *The only unbearable thing is that nothing is unbearable.* Pity that we don't often change unless we must (triggered by calamity) instead of the calm realization that our old ways are not working. Thanks, too, for framing your post with Viktor Frankl's awe-inspiring experience. I was so struck by a quote of his, I used it as the title and first line of a poem of mine (on the Arab Spring): <center>***What is to give Light*** *** *What is to give light must endure* *burning*, a man once said Another man became the matchstick that set a nation aflame But fire, and its appetite, cannot be calculated, like freedom Injustice and desperation make men combustible, like dry wood When words lose their meaning and an entire people their voice – so they can neither laugh nor scream – death and life begin to taste the same From Tunisia, to Egypt, to Libya to Syria the light from a burning man proved catching And those with nothing to lose, or offer, but bodies fanned the embers of their hopes into a blazing dream.</center>
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@calaber24p Like you likely said "Perhaps its a bit of self control or just the lack of will for people to change certain things, but outside a bubble it can be hard".self-control , an aspect of inhibitory control , is the ability to regulate one's emotions, thoughts, and behavior in the face of temptations and impulses. As an executive function , self-control is a cognitive process that is necessary for regulating one's behavior in order to achieve specific goals . A related concept in psychology is emotional self-regulation .Self-control is like a muscle, and when stretched humans can adapt to any condition, whether hash or not.
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