Have the trials amp tribulations of your life made you stronger or made you feel damaged?

Question

Have the trials amp tribulations of your life made you stronger or made you feel damaged?
All have experienced traumas in their life, some large, some small. How have the traumas in your life molded you. Are you who you are today because of them or inspite of them? Thank you for your answers.

Answer

They are moments where consciousness can be had about self. They are intervals where you can turn within. The negative brings an opportunity for consciousness to be had. When everything is going your way you are pretty much unaware of your own defects, negative times challenge you and you express parts of your nature that remain in the shadows of the mind at other times. The Negative shocks us out of the mechanical, business as usual mode of operation were in daily.brbr So you can definitely be made stronger by them, but its up to how you approach these situations. will it be one where you blame the world, where you find fault with things, where you avoid the opportunity for consciousness that has been presented to you? The experience does not truly cause us mental trauma, rather it is ourselves in regards to what we have not understood in the situation that is the cause. With conscious understanding you cant be damaged because you approach the situation in a higher perspective.