As a psychologist I've learned that you need a certain amount of coping resources to survive life stress. If you want to successfully deal with the stress of daily living you'll need at least "Five." Listen and learn why. A resource is some activity or some behavior that strengthens you! What acts as a resource to someone else may not be a resource to you. Identify five resources and usually you will do fine. For example, if all you're doing for your depression is taking medication, you would do better with more resources- 1 resource is not 5 resources. You need 5 becomes resources at times some resources become unavailable or lose their effectiveness. @docyoucan