3 Traits That Can Help You Beat Breast Cancer

I often contemplate the traits that help people overcome adversity. I especially love to talk to people who have beat breast cancer and tell their stories like triumphant warriors. For a while I attributed their power to optimism, now I know better. Years before I was diagnosed with breast cancer, my cousin told me that she couldn’t get cancer because she is an upbeat and optimistic person. I am sure she thought I was lacking in her optimistic spirit when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. She may have overlooked the fact that although we come from the same genetic line that tested positive for the BRCA 2 genetic mutation, her father was not a carrier and mine was. The likelihood that I would develop breast cancer was 80% to her 12% risk. Optimism really is in my trait mix, however, I am convinced that there are even more important traits that are required to help us triumph in the battle that ensues once we are diagnosed with breast cancer. In truth you are not able to be optimistic without them. Hopefulness, boldness and resilience – these are the traits that truly help us to become not only survivors, but victors over the disease. Hope is a significant factor in helping people pursue the best treatment options and seek the next cure. Hopelessness on the other hand leads to depression. Without hope people eventually lose the will to survive and thrive. I don’t believe that people are born with hope. We choose to be hopeful. Choosing hope means listening to the positi...
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