Based upon the information provided in the case study my diagnosis for Kristen would be a generalized anxiety disorder in addition to obsessive compulsive disorder that manifest in the form of intrusive thought. With Kristen’s medical background as a sufferer of diabetes type one in addition to her son who suffer from the disease as well, the illness likely passed down genetically from herself, in addition to her previous marriage having been abusive it is plausible that the root of Kristen’s anxiety could have something to do with either her guilt of endurance of abuse possibly both.…
Natalyia Jenkins, I don't even know how she convinces my mother she innocents. I don't like this girl one bit - correction, I hate with a passion. One day we were in the Bahamas, my mother thought it was okay to plan a surprise trip. For Just the two of us, I went for 2 days and left her there. Broke...…
At the time in Cathy’ life when her life event took place Cathy was in what Erickson referred to as the moving into the stage of Intimacy versus Isolation stage in her personal development. () This refuses to Cathy moving into an intimate relationship and being able to move from being just her to being a couple with her husband. Cathy chose to open herself to love even at the loss of her independent self is why she is justified in Erickson’s stage of development.…
On the popular television show 19 kids and counting, the mother had went to her doctors office questioning whether or not she was able to have more children. The doctor had went trough numerous questions, one of which included whether she has gone through menopause as this would indicate that her body is not able to carry any more children.…
“I can’t believe I’m doing this” I mutter into my wooly scarf. It’s 4 o’clock in the afternoon and the weather reads ten degrees Fahrenheit. I shift my weight and try to get into a more comfortable squatting position as the rocks dig into my boots. I look around; it’s a rather dreary day with no clouds in sight. I scribble in a notepad. Five minutes in and my hands are numb.…
In my life, in your life, we are going to come up upon to a thought situations. When I faced my first thought situation, I was not quite sure how to react. I was not quite sure how to handle it or help. “My son was chocking with a hotdog” it was the scariest day of my life. Hotdogs are one-off the most dangerous foods for children to eat. Since then, my life changed and I realized how important is to know CPR guidelines to help someone when help is need it.…
Living with a dysfunctional family has shaped my outlook on life. I never knew I had a keen interest in human behavior and thoughts until my brother went through a middle school crisis. I remember coming home from school to a depressing environment. My brother was bullied which changed his life forever and mine too. I saw how much other human beings can have such an immense impact on one person. I began to wonder whether I would have the resilience or fall victim like my brother. The way people cope with stressful situations made me realize that there is a lot more to humans than I had originally thought. As my brother fell into a deep depression that is when I knew I wanted to study psychology in order to help him and others like him. I believe…
Growing up as the oldest was challenging, making it more difficult was the fact that you're the only girl with 4 brothers.…
Spending life wrapped in a coddle of emotions and experiences I cannot sort through I’ve set out on a journey to explain myself to you. Walking through life while collecting moments I fail to piece together I’ve created a litany of lessons and frustrations I’m attempting to share. None of this should be extraordinary news; I never climbed a mountain ( or completed other like physical feats) to find enlightenment, I’ve failed to create a technology which will save lives, I’m nothing special just a neighborhood twenty year old writing stories for you; nuggets of disdain, snark, discovery, and solitude. Twenty years on a planet is exhausting, I’m still not confident that adults can survive beyond this…
" Hey kids we need to talk about something," mom says. My brother, and I look at each other strangely. Ethan asked "what do you need to talk to us about mom?" Divorce the legal dissolution of a marriage. This is what happened to my parents in August of 2009 they got divorced. It was a very big challenge for me to face. At first it was just a separation which happened in 2007 then slowly turned into a divorce. I was young so I did not understand a lot of it.…
A qualitative study showing how childhood experiences of attachment and separation can affect relationships in adulthood.…
When I was five years old, my parents got divorced. Through the separation process, and some years after, my parents fought a lot. They sometimes brought my 2 sisters and I into it, which was really frustrating. Growing up with parents who are divorced has been a struggle for me throughout my life. It’s hard to put into words my experience and ongoing trials I go through with divorced parents.…
This made me want to scream but before I could Mr. Price says “Line up for lunch!”So we got up and stood in a line, then we walked to the lunchroom. At the table I heard Sylvia Saldivar say “WOW! Rachel looked so funny in that sweater, I wish I had got a picture!” This made me feel sick again. As if I was about to puke all over my lunch, but before I could Phyllis Lopez walks over and says “Hey Rachel I feel really bad about the sweater, I know how embarrassing it can be….” She has a very apologetic face but I did not know how to respond OF ALL PEOPLE Phyllis and Sylvia had never apologized to me before...so i just sat there staring at her.But when I did not respond she grew a frown and walked away.…
Miss Me but Let Me Go was the poem that my grandmother carried in her wallet, and I now carry it in my heart. As a gleeful eleven year old, I had no awareness that my life was about to drastically change, the day I found out my Grandma Charlene was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia. My dad and I went to the hospital to visit her on January 18th, 2011. She seemed very weak, which wasn’t normal for her. It wasn’t pneumonia, but something worse, stage four lung cancer. From the time of diagnosis to the time of her death was less than thirty days. In those four weeks I saw her at her best and her worst. One quality that never changed was her strong will, fighting hard to the end. February 16th, 2011 was a normal day, as my mom dropped…
Anxiety is an issue that I have struggled with and will most likely continue throughout my entire life. It affects my daily life, with constant mild stomach aches or my non-stop jitters, but my anxiety was never visible to other people. However, one race in particular, will stay in my mind because it was the day I revealed my inner burden to a crowd of screaming parents and coaches and it taught me how to overcome my anxiety.…