Why Suffering Is Good?

Suffering can make us more resilient, better able to endure hardships. Just as a muscle, in order to build up, must endure some pain, so our emotions must endure pain in order to strengthen.

How can suffering be positive?

According to Feldman and Kravetz, there are five factors that seem to help people transform suffering into positive change: hope, personal control, social support, forgiveness, and spirituality. They debunk the idea that positive thinking alone is helpful—at least, positive thinking in the self-help book sense.

What is God's purpose for suffering?

Let's be very clear : there is no divine purpose in suffering whatsoever. The idea of a God who sees some use in people being in physical pain, or traumatised emotionally, or having their lives wrecked by natural diasters or fellow human beings is warped theology. Self-inflicted suffering is even worse.