...20 mentally strong people don’t do I often write about the things I believe we all should be doing, trying or experimenting with in order to maximize our success and happiness. However, it’s not always the things we do that make the biggest difference in our lives; it’s often the things we avoid doing that have the biggest effect. As human beings, we have a strong aversion to notdoing; we feel that in order to produce results, there must be an initial action. However, because we are almost always doing something, piling on more and more often has a negative effect, rather than a positive one. Among the mentally strong, there are several actions that are avoided in order to produce the greatest benefit in the shortest period of time. These actions are those that the mentally strong avoid, and that we should consider adapting as our own: 1. Dwelling On The Past Mentally strong individuals focus on the present moment and on the near future. They understand that the past is out of our control and the far future is about as predictable as the weather this winter. 2. Remaining In Their Comfort Zone The comfort zone is a dangerous place, a dark abyss where anyone who remains there for too long loses his or herself entirely. Staying within your comfort zone is giving up on life. 3. Not Listening To The Opinions Of Others Only the foolish believe themselves to be sufficient in all regards. When it comes to brainstorming, ideas can’t so much be forced as they can be caught. A good...
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...someone to become successful and have a strong will. The focus of this research is to study how self-conquest can help someone to become successful and have a strong will in their life. Character Trait Research Character traits can easily be observed through actions or responses to a situation or even how a person acts around you or others. It can be defined as strong, Humorous, kind, or else. For this character trait research, I chose strong/strength as a character trait. The definition of strong/strength is that the quality or state of being physically and mentally strong. Person can be strong at the ability to resist being moved or broken by a force or the person can be strong the quality that allows someone to deal with problems in a determined and effective way. Getting the strong as solid character trait requires a lot of mind control. Usually when people sees the person who has a strong characteristic or trait either physically or mentally, they want this person to be strong all the time or at least believe that they are strong no matter what happens. For example who is strong as mentally, if something urgent situation occurs this person can solve the situation and find the way through out. And people sees this and expect this person to be strong at this type of situation. So staying strong all the time requires mind control saying that I am good at this or I am strong on this so this person can stay positive and strong all the time. I believe this is one...
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...masculine, is being able to find a balance in between physical and mental strength. In the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Banquo, and Macduff all exemplify different types of masculinity, but only Macduff is truly masculine, because he exemplifies both physical and mental strength, and is able to find a balance between the two of them. Macbeth and Banquo both exemplify masculine traits, but they never find a balance in between physical and mental strength, like Macduff does. Macbeth is physically strong, but he is unable to find mental strength,...
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...and answer the following questions: How do you feel about the nurse being a wolf? What do you think about people being wolfs in everyday life? "This world ... belongs to the strong, my friend! The ritual of our existence is based on the strong getting stronger by devouring the weak. We must face up to this. No more than right that it should be this way. We must learn to accept it as a law of the natural world. The rabbits accept their role in the ritual and recognize the wolf as the strong. In defense, the rabbit becomes sly and frightened and elusive and he digs holes and hides when the wolf is about. And he endures, he goes on. He knows his place. He most certainly doesn't challenge the wolf to combat. Now, would that be wise? Would it?" He [Harding] lets go McMurphy's hand and leans back and crosses his legs, takes another long pull off the cigarette. He pulls the cigarette from his thin crack of a smile, and the laugh starts up again-eee-eee-eee, like a nail coming out of a plank. "Mr. McMurphy ... my friend ... I'm not a chicken, I'm a rabbit. The doctor is a rabbit. Cheswick there is a rabbit. Billy Bibbit is a rabbit. All of us in here are rabbits of varying ages and degrees, hippity-hopping through our Walt Disney world. Oh, don't misunderstand me, we're not in here because we are rabbits-we'd be rabbits wherever we were-we're all in here because we can't adjust to our rabbithood. We need a good strong wolf like the nurse to teach us our place." (Page, 185-187) Explanation:...
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...the plight of the mentally ill to the people and governing bodies of several states and foreign countries” (Norbury,1999 p.14). During the seventeenth century most Americans viewed people who were mentally ill differently than other. They were called the lost souls and viewed as incurable and helpless. They were thrown into prison, mistreated, beaten, and taken advantage. It couldn’t be perceived or cured and was simple to be endured. Dorothea Dix wanted to change how these people were treated. She took her time to advocate for the mentally ill. She played an instrumental role, and developed 30 hospitals for the treatment of mental ill. Dorothea Lynde Dix was born on 4 April...
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...the end) “America’s prisons have become warehouses for the severely mentally ill”- Dahlia Lithwick The institutionalization of mental health care programs has resulted in a high number of mentally ill people ending up incarcerated without receiving the treatment they require due to the fewer funds provided by the government for the proper facilities needed. Dorathea Dix fought for the establishment of psychiatric hospitals. Due to budget cuts and changes in administration, the funds for psychiatric hospitals have decrease, limiting the amount of people that receive treatment and increasing the amount of people in prisons. Some critics claim that its the miscommunication between the public health departments and the criminal...
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...The Psychological Effect of Injury Sanjay Arikupurathu Nova Southeastern University Introduction to Psychology Dr. Davis September 24, 2013 An injury can have a variety of impacts on a person’s life. There are many factors that come into play when determining the severity of an injury including, gender, age, and location on the body. An injury to oneself can be heartbreaking and can affect more than your physical state. They affect your mental and emotional well-beings as well, and create a reluctance to perform certain activities if these states become too fragile. If you are not trained mentally to persevere even during the toughest times, you may be forced to abandon the things you love doing. The time you need assistance the most is when you are coping and rehabilitating from an injury. Your support system is what will determine if you can return to full strength from your injury, no matter the severity. For most people, an injury limits only your social activities. But for some, an injury can derail their entire life, and extinguish the things they are most passionate about. When an athlete suffers an injury, it can be a major setback in their career and livelihood. An injury to an athlete truly tests their mental toughness because it affects their ability to cope and rehabilitate as well as return to the field/court. The type of injury can range from something minor such as sprain or a bruise to a crushed bone or torn ligament. The age and type of...
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...Jorie (&Jamie): A Deposition It is always hard for families having a kid with an illness – whether is mental or corporeal. The same is it for the family of Jorie and Jamie. Their father leaves the house and their mother ends up in jail. How and why does it end up with that? Following there will be a focus on how the narrative technique affects the story and further a characterization of the mother. The narrator of the story is the thirteen-year-old girl, Jamie. Jamie used to live in a house with her mom, dad, twin-sister and little brother. Jamie’s twin-sister, Jorie, suffers from mental illnesses like neurological impairment and epilepsy seizures. Jorie’s illnesses cause a lot of problems in the house and family. The story is Jamie’s deposition of the actions that have occurred in the house. The story’s chronology changes a lot throughout the text and switches between flashbacks and present talk, which says a lot about the narrator Jamie, and also that it is a deposition. Lines 1-34 are a flashback, but ll. 34-37 is back to present. In the present talking you can sense the authenticity of Jamie saying: “Can I see my mom now? When can I see my mom?” We get a sense of something have happened to the mother and further that Jamie and the mother are very connected to each other. This sense of that something has happened is very central for the story. First of all by an interpretation of the title, which is deposition. Something has happened and need to be explained...
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...where we go through puberty and evolve and mature mentally and physically. During this time we have physical development including the adolescent growth spurt and also sexual development. Everyone has a little bit different maturation and I believe that because of this, this would be the reason why people would want to be a adolescent forever. For most adolescents and teenagers being an adolescent is a time to rebel and to have fun. The main reason for this would be that many adolescences have not reached their peak of maturity. Even though they yearn to be known as adults by adults and their parents, they actually fear the responsibilities of growing up such as working and supporting a spouse and kids. They feel that they want to be more independent but fear being totally independent, it's actually almost an oxymoron. Even though as earlier stated I don't want to be an adolescent forever now, I did at one point feel that way. When I was younger at about the age thirteen I was nearly done my physical and sexual development but I was far behind in my social development. I've always had a good strong relationship with my parents but I had never had a strong romantic relationship until the current one which started last year. I also as many still do I was still somewhat afraid of the idea of having to support myself working a job to make all the money to support even myself, although I now accept and look forward to the idea of being able to make enough money that I will never have...
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...Dorothea Dix Paper Born in Hampton, Maine, Dorothea Lynde Dix is known for being a nurse, educator, and social reformer. Dix had a rough childhood. She was the oldest out of three with a mother that was suffering from mental health issues and a father that was an alcoholic. Because her household was not the best environment for she and her siblings to live, Madame Dix, Dix’s grandmother took them to live with her in Boston. By that time, Dix was twelve and was already very familiar with taking care of her siblings. Her compassionate nature heavily influenced the decisions she makes later in her life. Dix’s dedication and devotion in fighting to improve the conditions at jails and mental asylums are the reasons she is also known as the “Voice...
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...the Gibson family is the only family in the novel that remains in order. After Dilsey gets out of church, she realizes, "I've seed de first en de last ... I seed de beginning, en now I sees de endin" (297). Dilsey has always been there for all the Compson family members. She is the constant structure that the Compson family needs, but the family never acknowledges. Thus, readers acknowledge Dilsey’s words when comparing to the disorderly Compson family structure, that none of the Compsons’ can physically say nor can mentally handle the disorganization. In the end, the Compson family deteriorates. Cleanth Brooks says, “All are dead or departed except the whining hypochondriac Mrs. Compson, the cold and sterile bachelor Jason, and the uncomprehending Benjy” (297). Dilsey understands that the Compson family is withering away. If Dilsey is only portrayed as a stereotype then she would fail to realize the collapse of the Gibson family; however, Dilsey is a human being, who truly cares about the Compson...
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...important to note the factors that culminate in this character. It is widely believed she has a mental illness. She takes Valium to control her fears of the real world. She frequently has a fear of being alone. That fear began in her childhood and is perpetuated in adulthood with her, false pretenses, marriage. Harper marries Joe to escape the troubles of her past. It is a very common thread in this play to “cover” their problems rather than resolve them. This leads to mixed emotions and false feelings that lead to disaster by the end. Metaphorically the play is speaking about the AIDS epidemic and how the Administration of the era did very little with a small problem until it was a large one, just as each character does the same in their own life. Her illness does not imply that she is not smart. She is fairly...
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...In this paper I am going to be discussing equality amongst men and women. I am going to explain many different reasons why women should be treated equal to men. I am also going to get you a reason why some would think that women aren’t equals to men. While there are some things men to better because they are naturally stronger than women, I do think that women and men are equal because women are just as strong as men mentally and spiritually and that is very important. Women have proven over the years that as long as they put there mind to doing anything it can accomplish, just like a man, in the world today women are doing everything that men are doing and some are even doing it better than men. First, I think that women and men are equal because women are just as strong as men mentally and spiritually so why shouldn't they we are consider equals. In terms of equality, I do see that women are more evolved mentally, spiritually and emotionally. That's why women seem to have a heighten sense of a taste, smell, sound and even sight. However, the problem is that society doesn't promote these things society promotes male qualities and for that reason along women aren’t treated fairly. Additionally, Women have proven over the years that as long as they put their mind to it they can accomplish everything a man can. If we go back in time we will see that women are astronauts, doctors, lawyers, and construction workers as well, which were all male dominated jobs before. After doing...
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...physically stronger. Growth can be demonstrated physically, but also an individual can mentally grow. In the novel One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, Chief Bromden matures mentally over the course of six months because he does not have the fear of being brave anymore. This element is important in the story because it helps the reader learn the moral that if an individual does not care how society judges them, then they will not be afraid to be who they truly want to. In the movie directed by Milos Forman, Bromden's growth is not developed well because his back story lacks vital details. The negative effect of the director's failure to successfully present this element of...
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...uses various personal situations to express how poorly and inhumane the treatments were to cure people with psychotic and other mental issues. Saks along with hundreds of other people with these types of illnesses were being omitted to hospitals and being physically restrained by straps for hours to days on end. This is the kind of treatment that Elyn Saks is trying to eliminate in modern day psychological therapy. I believe that the way Elyn Saks was treated for her chronic schizophrenia was inhumane and ineffective and that we should treat people with mental illnesses clearly, honestly and compassionately. An excerpt from Saks’ presentation states, “I think using force is a terrible thing to do to another person with a terrible illness.” Saks, as well as I, believe that mentally ill patients should be treated with consideration; also medically should make daily visits to psychotherapy, and should take little to no medication if not needed. There is no place for force or violence to treat the mentally ill or will there ever be a reason for it. Saks gives us a strong excerpt from her presentation that states, “Some people still hold the view that restraints help psychiatric patients feel safe. I've never met a psychiatric patient who agreed.” No human being likes to have...
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