There was always something within me that seemed to keep the darkness away. I like to think it was the beginning of resiliency. I lost that spark somewhere along the way. I recently found it again.
Resiliency: Fighting Emotional Abuse
The way I understand resilience, no one is born with it, everything that we do, resilience included, is learned. The way to become more resilient is consciously changing your behaviors and thoughts. Your brain processes a lot on the unconscious level and controls quite a bit of what you do and how you react.