I can only speak directly for myself, but I think a lot of what I'm going to say about myself is pretty universally applicable to a lot of us here who face MH issues.

I think we're pretty damned tough as it is, even with our various problems and issues. If we weren't, we wouldn't still be here, we would have offed ourselves long ago.

I think it takes a lot more "tough" to take in all of the crap the universe can dish out to you and NOT let it kill you than it does to just "slough it off" and ignore it.

I think if I could just shut off my negative thoughts about so many things, I woiuld be better off. BUT, I also don't think that the ability to ignore something is the same as the ability to face it, analyse it, and process it. Ignoring a problem is like someone getting a summons to appear in court, and ignoring it, and the next one, and so on, until it catches up with them and a deputy shows up with an arrest warrant. You may "feel good" along the way about it, because you put it out of your thoughts, but it eventually catches up with you.