has "that which has not killed you", made you stronger?

Answer 1

That which does not kill you makes you stronger...interesting, if cliched.

I would say that you are not made stronger automatically simply through suffering; by its very nature discomfort, pain and anguish is going to break you, wear you down. It is your capacity to fight through these barriers that determines whether or not you will emerge stronger on the other side.

Some people suffer, only to be broken. Others persevere and yes, they become stronger.

Answer 2

YES, sorry didn't want to yell too loud. But, I could tell you some things that are so unbelievable, heartbreaking, miserable, costly, depressing, and painful. Real life experiences, that I don't share with just everyone.
I am stronger today, more than ever. I know how I made it. I do believe in God and the power of Prayers. Some one looked over me. I don't look back, I just keep going forward.

Answer 3

Depend. When one is down (or killed as you phrase it), it is how this person react or learn from this experience. Those who learn from this experience Will come back stronger for you have hit the bottom and the only way out is up. However, for those who choose to react to the situation will get angry, blame, play victim, this are the people who do not learn from the experience and stay at the bottom. and they are those remain weak and defeated.

Failure will be final when you decided it is (from me)

Answer 4

That isn't always true. If something can be honed by practice (such as skills) or strengthened by exercise (such as muscles), then trials of that thing can make you stronger, provided that the trial does not kill you.

However, for other things wear and damage are progressive things. A shoulder joint that was once dislocated is usually forever after weaker than it was at first. Certain kinds of physical and mental illnesses are progressive: damage can be halted, or stalled, but not reversed.

Answer 5

Sure thought it was going to kill me and no I am not stronger, but I now have a child to show for it.

Answer 6

yes definitely, it's like that saying 'sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me' or something like that. i've been through so much crap and trauma throughout my life up to this point, that i have suffered the pain barrier both physically and emotionally. i've been beaten, verbally abused, people have made horrible comments to my face- and yet here i am, still standing and still fighting on. but that's one of the things when you go through such negative experiences and situations in your life. no matter how brutal, bad, sick, sad or disturbing it was, one has to find the courage and mental strength to overcome their problems and realise that when you get knocked down, you are able to get back up again. if you don't, then it means that you have not only just given up, but you've also given in to the people who made life hell for you. plus, you're not making good progress for yourself either. though things like surviving a breast cancer scare or from a car accident, when you haven't died from it, it gives you perspective to look at your life differently and to approach life more cautiously and in a more open-minded way. standing your ground and not allowing them or it to wallow in your happiness and affect your happiness does indeed make you a stronger person

Answer 7

Looking back to the old days....

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a tin, and didn't get tested for diabetes.

Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitch-hiking .

As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a van - loose - was always great fun.

We drank water from the garden hosepipe and NOT from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.

No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents .

We played with worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.

Made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not poke out any eyes.

The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it.


So in short... YES what has not killed us has made us stronger!! ha ha


Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!

Answer 8

This phrase suggests that everything during a persons lifetime makes them stronger, because otherwise, they'd be dead. Thus, using this logic, people are at their strongest the moment before they die. This just might be the case if you are talking about spiritual strength. (Personally, I'm not sure, because I'm hopefully still quite a ways from death)

Answer 9

Yes sure. You know that quote :" Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live." that means that we could get stronger and i do. but i've lost something deep inside of me. It's gone for ever.
Peace.

Answer 10

it should have and i wish it had. but it's made me weaker. i keep looking back and can't forgive myself for the bad choices i made at that time..but i guess everything happens for a reason. either way i can't change the past i just gotta grow up and move on.