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    Overcoming Fears

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    Everyone has fears; fears are a natural part of life. My greatest fear is to fail to reach my goals‚ lose hope‚ and finally that everybody might think I am a loser. Sometimes I dream of success. Yet failing in life can’t be replaced with dreams. So if I put a lot of effort and work into something and I fail‚ I’d feel very bad about myself and my lack of ability. This is one of my greatest fears. Being a failure would cause me to lose hope. First of all‚ I would lose my self-confidence and self-respect

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    Overcoming Adversity

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    (4500 with spaces) Living life to the fullest has always been the foundation of our family’s life. Our family immigrated to United States seventeen years ago‚ full of hope and ambitions. Sadly‚ a couple years after our family’s settlement‚ my father became severely ill and was hospitalized for almost a year. he became weak physically but his mentality grew stronger in reassuring his eight children of his dream to see us succeed. Unfortunately‚ his conditioned had reached its end and he passed

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    Phobias and Addiction

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    Phobias and Addictions PSYCH/300 December 17‚ 2010 Abstract The works and research of Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov and B.F. Skinner‚ the leader in behaviorism‚ help to illuminate and deepen the knowledge of how classical and operant conditioning‚ play an important role in the treatment of phobias and addictions. Phobias have a wide range of inflictions and limitations ranging from mild and moderate to severe. Addictions vary within themselves as well‚ from mild cases to those far more

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    Gaming Addiction

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    Mark Carter Prof. Nielson English 101 2/17/10 Final Draft WP#2 The “ADDICTION” He was sitting there watching the clock‚ and it read ten minutes to three‚ and it was almost time to leave work. The excitement and anxiousness growing with each passing minute‚ today was the day he was waiting for. He planned for it; two weeks of researching‚ reading articles and watching videos. He saw it happen over and over in his mind; he knew every maneuver‚ every danger‚ and he expected the unexpected. All

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    Addiction In Macbeth

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    Addiction is something that has plagued mankind for many years. Addiction is the worst curable disease that the world has faced in centuries. It doesn’t matter the person‚ place‚ creed‚ or color‚ anyone can get addicted‚ even our favorite literary characters. Macbeth‚ an infamous case of good boy gone bad‚ has a victim of addiction. Macbeth upon first inspection‚ seemed relatively normal‚ until he was promoted to Thane of Cawdor‚ and he became stuck on the downward spiral from there. Very quickly

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    Drug Addiction

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    Drug Addiction Drug addiction is a dependence on an illegal drug or medication. Many people confuse it with drug dependency‚ which is when a person needs a drug to function normally. The difference between drug addiction and drug dependence is drug dependence is when a person needs a drug to function normally‚ like some blood pressure medications can cause a physical dependence‚ but the person is not addicted to the drug. A person can have a physical dependence‚ but not be addicted. Many scientist

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    Internet addiction

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    nothing‚ as it doesn’t even make a difference to you. so as to get over the compulsion you have to handle the things that are bringing about your addictions. We ought to be gaining from a junior age the negative impacts that the web can have on you‚ and that the web ought to be utilized for your profit. Dependence on the web isn’t similar to the addictions that you typically catch wind of‚ for example‚ liquor and pills; it is a behavioral issue and is most basic with individuals who have enthusiastic

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    Overcoming Obstacles

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    For the majority of my academic career failure was not something to which I was accustomed. I had never really struggled in any particular subject and I was able to succeed with relatively little effort. This changed my freshman year of high school. I had always taken classes for the academically “gifted” and thought myself to be quite capable; however‚ I found myself on the verge of failing multiple classes. I assumed this was something every high school student experienced until I received my

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    Overcoming a fear

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    A Night to Remember My heart was pounding rapidly; it felt like a thunderous roar in my ears. The blood was quickly drained from my face. I was slightly nauseous‚ the only thing that kept me from covering the other girls with the unsatisfying scarlet likes of my mothers tasteless spaghetti‚ was the loud wailing of my empty stomach. The pounding was louder now‚ so loud I could barely make out my own thoughts. How could a mere gathering of complete strangers cause these unlikely‚ unknown feelings

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    Overcoming Homelessness

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    When someone talks about homelessness‚ what do you imagine. Littered sidewalks‚ blue and brown tarps and tents‚ and all they own laying on the ground? Across the nation‚ half a million people were homeless on any given night (National Alliance to End Homelessness). While you may not have noticed‚ there has been an increase in homelessness across the city. Homelessness is all around the world‚ with a total of over 100 million globally‚ and has been recorded all the way back to the 1640’s. With the

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