yeah, i guess i don't think that 'strong' or 'weak' constitutes a single trait. people can be 'strong' in some respects and 'weak' in others, and people can vary over time with respect to how stressful they are finding life etc etc etc.
i think that emotional strength... is a kind of emotional resilience. i don't really have that. i'm fairly weak emotionally. my emotions leak out and i don't have a great deal of control over them. i'm not terribly resilient to criticism or to people joking. i'm not very good at acting contrary to my emotions (e.g., if i don't feel like getting up it is hard to get up, if i don't feel like working it is hard to work). emotional resilience might be the ability to deal with stressful situations rather than being floored by them.
i think that physical strength... is fairly self explanatory.
some people have this notion of strength as... well... um... something like the soprano's where people know not to %#@&#! you over. i guess i have trouble understanding that concept of strength, however. i guess this notion is relative (something along the line of a hierarcy or pecking order).
i think that people can develop skills to be stronger / more resilient. yup.
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