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How To Decrease “Fragility” with Positive Psychiatrist Dr. Samantha Boardman

Raising Good Humans

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Perspective Shapes Reality

Children absorb messages from their environment, and conveying a positive narrative helps cultivate optimism rather than anticipatory anxiety. Parents often feel it is irresponsible to suggest the world is a good place, yet framing challenges as part of a hero's journey transforms perspectives. This narrative approach reframes difficulties not as sources of doom, but as adventures involving growth and resilience. Similarly, how we label experiences—describing someone as having schizophrenia instead of being a schizophrenic—affects treatment and perception, reinforcing the importance of viewing conditions as challenges to be managed, not identities to be defined by.

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