What makes a person emotionally strong?

You have to learn to understand yourself and your emotions, accept them and think why you feel the way you feel right now. When you will learn it, you will become stronger. And sure, support from loved ones make you emotionally strong too, but still, you have to learn to do it by yourself, without depending on somebody.

I believe it's mainly the power to overcome adversity, everything that life throws at you, and still manage to retain a positive outlook, optimism, empathy and the capacity for forgiveness.

Happiness is not the absence of fear or despair, but the strength to conquer them. Emotional strength comes with time and persistence, no one gets there overnight, but once you are content within the person you are, emotional strength starts to grow, making you a stronger person and gives you the ability to conquer your demons.

A lot of things go into making someone emotionally strong! A good support system, though, is always at the foundation of being an emotionally strong person. Coping well, enjoying life, and lots of other positive things can all go into making them an emotionally strong human being

It's a tricky question considering the pure subjectivity it naturally imposes on the person who thinks on it. However, from personal experience being able to be emotionally strong is being able to remain resilient in the face of tragedy. Now, tragedy can arise in a multitude of severity. From simple disagreements to moments of loss. To be emotionally strong is being able to understand that the negative outcome you may feel does not indicate you are weak. It's merely understanding you will rebound after you've taken the time to accept the tragedy. It's the ability of progressing forward and knowing you will despite the conflict that will arise. At least in my opinion.

A person is emotionally strong when they know that all they need is to believe in themselves. They are in harmony with what they feel is right and what they do. They keep up the positivity no matter what. Learn the lessons of life and become a better person from each problem they encounter. They enrich and empower themselves and the people around them.

To be emotionally strong I feel you need to be able to do two things. First, you need to be able to recognize emotions and why you are feeling them. Process them and make sure that you are not acting without reason. Secondly, I feel you need to be able to let yourself feel. These kind of go together but you cannot be afraid of your emotions. Let them surface and experience them, but make sure you know why you are experiencing them.

Someone who is emotionally strong, is someone who although has encountered great difficulty in life is able to get back up time after time after being continually being knocked to the ground. Everyone however, is battling something, as long as you withhold the slightest bit of optimism you are emotionally strong, because you don't let the tough times bring you down, instead you grow from them and learn new things and in the end you come out stronger then you have ever been.

Being aware and accepting of themselves and their values is what makes someone emotionally strong. Values are not goals, values are something that you can look back at and be proud of. If we accept ourselves as who we are, learn to love ourselves without being selfish, and are willing to work towards our values in life, then we grow to become incredibly strong individuals who live life on their own terms.

Emotionally strong people manage the stresses of daily life more effectively, and recover more quickly from challenges and crises when they arise. Since emotional strength refers to a person’s internal coping abilities, can we accurately judge a person’s internal fortitude based on what we see on the outside? Popular culture often portrays emotionally strong people as quiet, stoic types who never complain and whose emotional expression during crises is limited to jaw-squaring, fist-clenching, and silent dramatic stares into the horizon. Any signs of emotional ‘leakage’ (i.e., expressing emotional distress in any way) or tears (especially in men), is often viewed as evidence the person has difficulties coping and is emotionally weak. Such notions are not only incorrect but tremendously misleading. Emotional strength has little to do with stoicism and even less to do with any momentary reaction. Rather, emotional strength is something that can only be assessed over time. By definition, it involves a person’s ability to deal with challenges and bounce back from them, not how they respond in any given moment. For example, if two entrepreneurs invested five years in a startup that fails, which of them is emotionally stronger—the one who feels heartbroken and bursts into tears when funding falls through, or the one who feels heartbroken but keeps their emotions in check? The answer is neither—it was a trick question. (Sorry.) The person’s immediate reaction matters much less than what they do thereafter. Someone might break into tears in the moment, feel terrible for a week, but then bounce back and start working on their next big idea. A seemingly stoic person might appear to cope better in the moment, yet feel so defeated that they give up their entrepreneurial dreams altogether. In such a comparison, the "crier" clearly has more emotional fortitude than the "jaw-squarer," despite displaying greater emotional distress in their immediate response. Many of us judge ourselves incorrectly in exactly such scenarios. If we react emotionally or tearfully to challenging situations, we chastise ourselves for being "weak," even though we intend to persist and move forward, or even when we believe we will eventually succeed. Tears are usually a sign of frustration and disappointment, not defeat. What you believe about your future chances of success and how discouraged you feel in the long term is far more important than how your tear ducts respond to stresses and bad news. Wondering if you have emotional strength? Here are 7 ways to assess yourself and others: Emotionally strong people ... are less discouraged by setbacks and disappointments. are more adaptable to change. are able to recognize and express their needs. focus on getting around a hurdle rather than on the hurdle itself. can learn from mistakes and criticism. tend to see the larger perspective in a challenging situation. are able to recover more quickly from emotional wounds such as failure or rejection. article continues after advertisement If you don’t register strongly based on this list, take heart, because you can build emotional strength and resilience by working on your mindset and learning more adaptable responses to the daily distresses of life.