Resilience marks irreversible psychic change, not a return to prior equilibrium

Evidence

Resilience supposes the irreversibility of psychic time. Afterward, it will never be like it was before. To a certain extent, resil­ ience is the métallurgie equivalent of elasticity. Nonetheless, within the field of physics, the restoration of equilibrium that it implies does not con­ stitute the pure and simple nullification of an initial form, trace, or imprint. Resilience is precisely not a principle of inertia. — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 3800

Categorization

• DEFINE: Sharply distinguishes resilience from elastic restoration: it is irreversible and non-inertial.
• XREF: connects to: Resilience means regaining stability after disaster, not mere robustness — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 4592; Resilience means forming oneself out of the annihilation of form — Catherine Malabou, What Should We Do with Our Brain?, 251; Change presupposes a self-sustained nihilating synthesis rather than mere given becoming (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Resilience means forming oneself out of the annihilation of form #corroborates (0.95) — Catherine Malabou, What Should We Do with Our Brain?, 251
• Resilience means regaining stability after disaster, not mere robustness #contradicts (0.85) — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 4592
• Change presupposes a self-sustained nihilating synthesis rather than mere given becoming #expands (0.70)