What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger?

Iranda jaawikrama grew up in strilanka while a civil war raged. When he was 21, he moved to the united states to study. Soon after his arrival, iranda began to notice that americans had a way of thinking about adversity and suffering that was new to him. To day, as a psychologist at wake forest university, iranda is asking a question that is increasingly relevant in many parts of the world: what happens to people as they go through terrible times? What advice can science give them about the best path forward?