Why Self-Support Is Important For Resilience

Self-support is important for a number of reasons. First, it allows you to be in control of your own life. When you are able to support yourself, you are less likely to feel like a victim or like you are being controlled by others. 

Second, self-support gives you a sense of accomplishment. When you know that you can rely on yourself, it boosts your confidence and helps you feel good about yourself. 

Finally, self-support helps you develop resilience. When you have the ability to bounce back from setbacks, it makes it easier to handle challenges and keep moving forward in life. 

6 Key Ways Self-Support Enhances Resilience

1. When you are confident in your abilities you are likely to persevere through tough times.
2. You are proactive when looking for solutions because you are acting in support of yourself and in your own best interests.
3. The choices and decisions you make are in line with a self-supportive mindset and so your outcomes will tend to be more positive. 
4. When you are self-supportive, it means you like and love yourself and so you are not likely to choose self-destructive options when dealing with life’s challenges, instead you face adversity with strength and positivity because you want to do what is best for you and will result in coming through to the other side as a winner.
5. If your obstacle or challenge is related to your failure in some way, self-support allows you to push past the self-judgements and berating of yourself and instead allows you to look at your mistake as a learning opportunity. This outlook of a “learning opportunity” enhances your resilience and allows you to overcome the challenge you are facing. 
6. Self-judgement is a reactive condition. “I am such a failure” or “how could I let this happen?” or “I can’t face this obstacle,” are just some examples of the self-talk that can take place when we are judging ourselves.

In contrast, a self-supportive dialogue is a proactive condition. “I can do this,” or “I’ve been through worse, I got this,” or “I can handle anything that comes way” or “I refuse to give up on myself.”

As you can see the differences between the self-supportive self-talk and self-judging self-talk can make a world of difference in how you respond to and what actions you take when you are faced with adversity. It is also a clear distinction between the
resilient and non-resilient mindset.