Is it true that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger?

[curiousnorway]

Yes (Explain how/why)

No (Explain how/why)

Depends/other (Explain what and why)

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+1 y

Please elaborate yourself! Explain why. : )

[BlueCoyote]

I don't think it's true. Of course there are difficult things you are forced to go through that can help you grow as a person but most of them also leave scares. For example someone who gets raped might become stronger in the sense that they're less scared than they used to be or they are better at defending themselves but this in itself could be viewed as cynicism caused by the deep trauma of being raped. That person may now be more vigilant but this comes at the price of having lost a genuine, childlike innocence and goodness; the belief that people will treat you kindly if you treat them kindly and the will to trust others. And such a loss is always very tragic.

[madhatters4]

from an emotional standpoint i think it tends to be more true than from a physical standpoint.

i'll give an example. i fell from a balcony and fractured every bone in my lower body. the fall didn't kill me and it certainly didn't make me physically stronger. however, emotionally/mentally i think the fall and the recovery/rehab from it have made me more emotionally and mentally tough

[aicarg]

No, I don't believe in the saying to be true at all. Though something may not be physically killing you/harming you... It can potentially be emotionally or mentally killing you. How one views/defines "killing" differs to another, same goes with "strong" - one may see someone becoming "resilient" to a certain situation while another may precieve it as "numb/distant" in a way where they're not dealing with the issue at hand and letting it emotionally/mentally drain them.

[CubsterShura]

It actually does in a way! Even is something deadly doesn't kill you, you survive and that incident remains as an experience. And any experience, good or bad can help make you stronger only if you wish to apply it that way.

[HereToProveMyPoint]

So someone cuts your arms off. You're not dead but how exactly are you stronger? Sometimes going through pain brings you out the other side tougher but very often I think this statement is bs

[Nivinxus]

Not really, wounds can heal, but scars will still show. It certainly makes more wary, it CAN make you stronger, but only if you didn't break before then. Both the body and the mind are quite fragile, crack it hard enough, it'll be crippled for life. But I know a lot of people who lost arms and legs, while they did not get physically stronger, their mentality has proven to be more powerful instead.

[Blacktino1316]

yes I feel like it does, because even if it idnt a physical test everything you do has a lesson. now your growth and stregnth depends on if that lesson is acheived wether you fail at the task or not if you dont see , grasp, or ubderstand the lesson it will not make you stronger

[Alistayr]

Yes, definitely. I nearly died when I was 16, when my appendix burst, and I didn't get to hospital for a day. I developed septicemia, and ulcers. I have never feared pain, or really suffered from it since.

[888_sarcastic]

Did for me
i went through a "rough patch" and lost everything
2 years later i know how to control myself and how to be resorful
with activates very true

[goddess87]

Not always. Sometimes hard things in life change you and not always for the better. What one may interpret as being stronger may actually instead be colder and more defensive

[dan111]

This is correct 🖒

[englisc]

No, because something might not kill you but leave you crippled.

[Belgie]

It's not true. Get stung by a scorpion, and live? You're more susceptible to the poison in the future.

[BrittBratt2416]

No, just cause you haven't had a bullet go through your head yet doesn't mean you'r stronger against one.

[clampfan101]

I'm not sure if ANYthing would, but at least most things would if you must and can fight against it. Also the strength given is emotional or mental that can sometimes inspire gaining physical strength. (Harm doesn't get you exp. lol)

[PrincessBunBuns]

If it's emotional, probably. If my leg got cut off, probably not.

[YHL6965]

If it didn't kill you, it certainly hurt you in some way. Since it hurt you, you will remember that event and the way you dealt with it for a while. You now know how to deal easily with that kind of event, so you have become stronger.

[EarlIsAKoala]

Lets say I had cancer and got treated. I am not going to be stronger than before. :|

[tattooedhandfet]

Yes, because growth comes from pain. Pain is usually a lesson.

[SelfIsolated17]

It depends on the context because it's not a universal truth-survival does not always mean improvement as you can lose limbs, senses, and sanity depending on what you've survived from.

[Tony_1693]

No, definitely not. A lot of shit will fuck you up for the rest of your life.

[Whatthefluff]

Not true. And omg what’s that picture from? I vaguely remember seeing something like that before.

[Chrysis]

Because experience makes you stronger & unless you die, you will always get experience (points).

[Intraluminal]

Sure that's why people suffering from chronic diseases rule the Olympics.

[Josht13]

Yes, I have never been better since contracting polio.

[BronsonG]

If my face and arms were cut off and was irreversable, I would not be stronger. Both physically AND mentally.