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Ep. 2: 5 stats about adversity that may surprise you · Adventures in Adversity: an inspirational podcast

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  And we're back with episode 2, Bree Wilson on the microphone,
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  episode two of my first ever podcast called Adventures and
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  Adversity, an inspirational podcast.
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  That really, the purpose of it, my friends, is to motivate you
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  to get through all the stuff you're going through, no matter
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  what it is, just by hearing some inspiring stories.
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  So for this particular episode, I'm going to go through 5
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  interesting statistics about adversity that you may not have
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  known. I personally always love hearing
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  the science behind a lot of these sort of motivational
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  frameworks and ways of getting through things, but it's really
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  interesting to hear the science. So here we go.
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  According to Sapien Labs, across a respondent population of about
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  130,000 people, 76% had experienced at least one trauma
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  or adversity in their lifetime. So this statistic, really what
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  it means to me is that you're never alone.
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  You are never alone in adversity.
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  No matter how dark it may feel, there's always, almost always
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  somebody going through something at that same time as you.
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  So don't feel alone because the majority of people seem to have
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  gone through something in their life or they're going through
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  something. It's in the science people.
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  You heard it all right, going to the next one.
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  Did you know that according to the European Journal of
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  Personality, research on consequences of adversity is
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  somewhat inconclusive. Adversity can be detrimental to
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  mental health. However, this is the interesting
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  part for me. Post Traumatic Growth studies
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  suggest that overcoming major adversity facilitates growth in
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  wisdom related patterns of thought.
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  So you might be hearing my nieces in the background.
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  We're having a big hide and seek party here, but we're going to
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  work through this adversity. Anywho, back to what I was
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  saying. Major adversity facilitates
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  growth in wisdom related patterns of thoughts.
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  That is pretty cool, I know. For me, after going through
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  difficult stuff, I seem to feel like I go deeper into, I don't
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  know, life and trying to understand the meaning of life.
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  And so that Word wisdom really kind of resonated with me.
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  I feel like I'm very reflective after a particularly difficult
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  situation or anything that I'm going through, and it's almost
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  like it changes the way you think.
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  So that kind of it was cool to see that in the science.
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  All right, Number Three of five, Mark Siri and his colleagues
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  studied a group of more than 2300 people and they basically
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  asked them to report their lifetime exposure to a list of
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  negative events. And they grouped it into 7
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  categories, right? All different kinds of
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  adversity, mental, physical, financial, all the different
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  categories I could go on and on. What they discovered is that
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  people who experienced A moderate level of adversity
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  reported better mental health and well-being and higher life
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  satisfaction over time compared to both those groups who
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  reported a high history of adversity and those with no
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  history of adversity. So what's the take away here?
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  Adversity may not be bad for you because this let's see a
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  moderate level adversity reported better mental health
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  and well-being and higher life satisfaction over time.
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  So when you're going through something tough, you're most
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  likely not going to feel in the moment.
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  But apparently, according to the studies, over time could
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  actually make you a stronger person who's ultimately
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  reporting higher life satisfaction.
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  So just try to think long term when you're going through kind
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  of the There we go. My dog just walked over
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  something that's Boba, and if I don't know how to edit that out,
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  we won't edit it out. Hang on, number four of five.
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  This is from a study called Whatever Does Not Kill Us
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  Cumulative Lifetime Adversity Vulnerability and Resilience
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  Study. Here's what they found.
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  Exposure to adverse life events typically predicts subsequent
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  negative effects on mental health and well-being such that
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  more adversity predicts worse outcomes.
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  However, here we go, adverse experiences may also foster
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  subsequent resilience with resulting advantages for mental
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  health and well-being. Here's another good one.
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  In a multi year longitudinal study of a national sample,
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  people with a history of some lifetime adversity reported
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  better mental health and well-being than than people with
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  a high history of adversity. But also than people with no
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  history. Did I just read that?
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  Oh my gosh, no. It's the same one.
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  Anyway, I might have just repeated the same thing.
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  Hopefully you got something out of there.
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  All right, the last one second podcast.
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  You know, bear with me here. Some studies.
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  This is actually a study done by the American Psychologist.
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  Some studies suggest human resilience.
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  Resilience in the face of adversity is fairly common.
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  One study reported that even though 50 to 60% of the US
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  population is exposed to traumatic events, only 5 to 10%
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  of those people develop PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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  So what does that show you? Hey, people might be tougher and
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  stronger than you think. And one of those people is you.
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  And I'm saying this to myself, this is advice for me the next
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  time I face an obstacle, right? Easier said than done.
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  But next time you're kind of struggling with something, try
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  and think back on a few of these stats.
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  Ultimately, it will make you stronger.
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  So that is the spirit of adventures in adversity, right?
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  Another six minute episode. Maybe I'll hit this at 625 too.
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  I'm going to try my second sign off.
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  OK, my first one was not so bueno.
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  All right, with that, I'm going to wrap up this episode and
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  until next time when adversity comes knocking on your door, you
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  can definitely answer the door. Just welcome it in, serve it
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  some tea, get to know it, Maybe even give it a few crackers, and
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  then know that it's going to leave eventually.
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  Right. Wow.
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  It's. I really am a dork.
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  Maybe for these sign offs, I'll just try and say something
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  cheesy every time. We'll see how that goes.
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  All right, people. Thank you so much.
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  Have a wonderful week, and I'll see you next time.
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  Bye. Bye.