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Marissa,
I grew up watching SpongeBob almost every single day. Reading this opened my eyes to something I never noticed. I had never heard about Williams-Beuren Syndrome until this week’s module. I remember a very popular episode where SpongeBob stayed indoors due to a bad sandboarding accident. He stayed inside his home with his “indoor friends,” which were a penny, a chip, and a napkin. He was traumatized, so he locked himself away and started to become delusional. I look back on this now and see that SpongeBob had some PTSD due to his accident. This was very unusual due to him always being such a merry person, as you said. Great job!I actually chose Eeyore as well because I grew up watching Winnie the Pooh with my mom and my brother. For some reason, my initial post would not want to upload. I love that we both chose the same character. In my discussion, I talked about how a lot of the other characters in this movie had other mental health issues. Some examples I used were Tigger representing ADHD, Rabbit representing OCD, and Pooh representing an eating disorder. I had no idea about this until I was much older. I remember watching it back and being so surprised.
I have to say you are absolutely capable of being a nurse! Watching you interact with the patients, staff, and others on the floor is always so professional and inspiring. You are well spoken, intelligent, and all around confident in your work. Due to the experience you have as an LNA and working in the hospital, you are capable of so much. Even with all that you have going on, it does not show in the work you do. Don’t stop here, you are so smart and have the ability to do so much more!
Reading the words you write always gives me goosebumps. I am truly proud of you and how hard you have worked to stay sober. You are truly an inspiration, and I love seeing your journey. I understand when you say, “It’s certainly not always perfect, I have difficult days, and days I want to give up.” Some days are just really hard, and it seems easier to give up. You are capable of so much, I can’t wait to continue watching you grow. I am always here for you and love the person you are.
I remember you commenting on a previous discussion post of mine, talking about how you had learned “the look,” which is something I am very familiar with. I remember getting my mom upset or asking her a dumb question, and I was always followed up with the “really” look. Even to this day, sometimes I get the look, and I’m thinking how scary it still is. Not everyone understands the power of persuasion when “the look” is brought into perspective.
Storm,
I can relate to this on such a personal level. I remember as a young girl, I continued to hang out with the wrong crowd. This caused me to be in a lot of drama I did not want to be involved in. I made a lot of dumb decisions, but was lucky enough to grow and learn from these mistakes. I am lucky enough to be able to eventually find the write crowd and know who I can trust and confide in.In my first job as an LNA, I was working at an assisted living facility. The biggest issue over at this facility was politics. Meaning, the charge nurse would give better assignments to the people they liked. There were times I was stuck all alone, trying to figure out what I was doing. I had no one to try to help and felt very out of place. This had affected my confidence, but never my work ethic. I worked as hard as I could, finally figuring out what to do on my own. It can be very difficult, but there are always people like me that you can rely on.
Katie,
Thank you for sharing how difficult this journey can truly be. I must say how truly proud I am of all the barriers you have faced along the way. I truly understand when you say that you had numerous excuses on going back. I feel the same way, I was constantly telling myself I had more time or that I was not smart enough to try again. I don’t have children, but I do have 5 dogs who need constant attention. So I can completely understand on that level. You are doing absolutely amazing, and you have all of us cheering you on!Deb,
I love the detail you express in your writing. I truly felt like I was waiting for a cup of coffee while the sun rose. This brings me back to when I was a young girl and I constantly watched my nana get a “medium caramel swirl iced regular” at dunkin’ donuts. To this day, I have that same order, the taste brings me back to a little girl sharing an iced coffee with my nana. On the other hand, my mamma from my mother’s side would also knit. I remember watching her in our sun room on her rocking chair. She would knit for hours. She taught me at a young age but I truly don’t remember how. Unfortunately, due to my grandmothers fibromyalgia she cannot knit anymore. Some day I will have to beg her to teach me on a good day.
xoxoIt’s very interesting reading how you were raised extremely baptist for your classical condition because I was the complete opposite. My mom raised me with no sort of religion at all. Matter of fact, I was not educated on any religion what so ever. Still to this day as a 22 year old, I unfortunately could not tell you one thing about religion. I can relate to you on the obedience subject. You were not to question what was asked, or you would be punished. I was a really good kid, I listened and stayed in line. So, I was lucky enough to only be grounded once in my childhood. Of course there was times I talked back, but was quickly reminded on why I should not.
Your writing made me feel as if I were there at the party. This brought back memories when I was a child with my dad. He was in a band, and he was the drummer, which means he was the loudest one in that room. He also talks like a deaf man speaks, screaming, making sure everyone can hear. The number of nights I would fall asleep on the couch to the band jamming out till the sun rose. I can relate when you say you can sleep in loud conditions. Falling off to sleep still may be difficult, but once I’m asleep, there’s no way you can get me up. I also relate to not being able to sleep without the sound of a fan. When I was younger, I noticed my mom was always sleeping with a fan. After begging her for what seemed like forever, she finally let me have one. This ended up being a huge issue because till that day, I could not sleep without a fan or my fan app playing.
It’s very interesting to see the huge difference between the two cultures you grew up experiencing. Learning to live off the land is something I have always found interesting and would like to learn more about. It is very humorous to me that you mentioned fiddleheads. I was in the grocery store shopping last week, and I saw these in the store and thought to myself, “what the heck are these things?” I would enjoy learning more about being tied up to a tree for seven days without food or water, it sounds very painful. I was wondering what “dragging buffalo skulls” symbolizes. Thank you for sharing your cultures, I really enjoyed reading this.
I completely understand the difficulties relating to the genetic debate. Due to personal experience or even seeing it in the medical field, I can see where it could benefit us. Then again, people could begin to get out of line with starting to personalize their children like they are a video game. I find beauty in natural life. I did hear about them recently being able to change eye color and gender. I will add a website below for you to read. It is really interesting to think about how technology has changed so rapidly over such a short time period.
Crystal,
I really enjoyed you putting your personal experience into this topic. I can completely understand when you said, ” I can’t envision my life without hemophilia, and I often wonder who my children would be without it.” I have a disorder that also affects me, but I also can’t imagine my life without it. It has affected so much of my life that I feel as if it has shaped who I am today. I also think having a normal stomach could definitely benefit my everyday life. It is a very touchy ethical dilemma because of the people who could take advantage of this, or even the complications it could potentially cause.
