Lessons from a blind man that used a transformational coping stratergy
Paraphrased from Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Paolo, who is now thirty went blind six years ago. He list four positive outcomes;
Although I realise and accept my limitations, I am going to keep attempting to overcome them
I have decided to always try changing those situations I don’t like
I am very careful not to repeat any of the mistakes I make
Now I have no illusions, but I try to be tolerant of myself so I can be tolerant of others
This perfectly illustrates that Paolo has chosen a transformational coping strategy as opposed to a regressive coping strategy. A regressive coping...