Rich Grise wrote:

Pete C. wrote:
Ignoramus30509 wrote:

Why is it, that some people are more resilient to stress and keep
acting rationally, whereas some others, at the first trouble, break
down completely, start getting hysterical, blame others instead of
being constructive, etc?

Think about people you would take with you to a recon mission, and
those you would not.

Genetics. Contrary to the feel-good ideal of "all men created equal",
the reality is that is anything but the truth.

Oh, were _created_ equal. What you do with that from that point on is
up to you.

Yea, the Nobel laureat and the poor slob living in the group home were
created equal... Sorry, that "created equal" ideal is simply not true.