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And again, they measured people based on this stoic fortitude, stoic attitude quality, their ability to

not endure, but their ability to accept what they were going through.

And what they found was that people who measured high in these traits, they reported less depression, less anxiety, less pain severity as well.

Let me give you one more piece of evidence for this, because this was also observed back in the 90s.

where again there was this positive association between having a stoic attitude and the quality of life for people with muscular dystrophy the study found that when you were able to adopt this guiding philosophy when you were able to be like this just really sucks these are my cards what am i going to do with them

What cards do I have in my favor?

What do I not?

What am I going to do with the ones that I do?

These people are happier.

We will definitely get to some of the criticisms of this mindset.

But when you think about it, stoicism is powerful because

It is so therapeutic.

And because it really teaches acceptance.

And that is why it actually does show up in so many therapeutic practices.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, for example, is a stoic therapy.

It basically says like...

How you think about things influences how you behave towards them, which influences your life.

And if you can change how you think about them, you change your perception, you can change everything else.

Same with dialectical behavior therapy that basically really emphasizes radical acceptance.

changing what you can change.