Is Scar Tissue Stronger than Normal Tissue?

I asked a doctor this and she said;

“Actually yes…and no.

Scar tissue is strong, but it lacks flexibility  – it doesn’t stretch like normal tissue.”

Which blows away one of my theories about grief making you stronger…and broader and deeper.

But perhaps not – perhaps the depth and compassion you achieve with the experience of loss,

comes with an equivalent limitation and inflexibility, perhaps even a greater shock when

loss occurs…

I leave the last word with Elizabeth Kubler-Ross: