Cheneal Relazez Hilton
PSY 202 Adult Developments and Life Assessment
Wayman Johnson
November 19th 2012
I. Where are you from?
A. Dominican Republic
B. New York
C. Jamaica
D. Mixed Culture
II. What things do you remember about your childhood?
A. Neglect from my mother
B. Abuse
C. Not feeling love or wanted in my home or from school
D. Being an outcast
E. My little brother
III. Do you have your own family now?
A. Yes
B. Two Intelligent sons
C. A supporting fiancé
IV. What jobs have you had in your life?
A. Department of Parole and Probation
B. Giant Distribution
C. Department of Defense (Special Police)
Introduction
Even though I have had many negative influences in my life, I tend to focus on the lessons it taught me instead of the hardship. My mother always looked at me as a failure and never had any high expectations from me, and so that made life much harder for me as well. She taught me that by hurting people, you gain respect. My culture and background plays a huge part in who I am today and I take nothing nor any experience for granted. As an adult I learned how to control my anger in a lot of ways by keeping myself around positive energy, church, my family, and understanding that I cannot be bitter or stress over things from my past that I cannot change.
First I use to believe that hurting people was the only way to gain respect. The only thing that opened my eyes was the karma I had to endure from hurting people, and I also learned a lesson in life the hard way. I noticed that I was a very bitter and rebellious child and years later I turned to a lifestyle of the streets because of anger that I encountered from my past. I tried not to make excuses about my rape and almost being molested by a family member and so it created resentment amongst those who truly love me. I would