New Study Suggests Resilience Depends on Mitochondrial Function

New research on how psychological experience shapes cellular energy — and why resilience isn’t just a mindset

People who are more stressed and more lonely, are more likely to develop chronic and acute illness. FACT.

Another fact, found in a recent study published in Current Directions in Psychological Science — is that how resilient you are to those stressors may depend, in part, on mitochondrial function. Not mindset. Not willpower. Cellular energy capacity. AN…