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Benjamin Aubut ParticipantSpence is one of my favorite characters in the series, and he portrays the symptoms of PTSD perfectly, the mood swings, the shutting people out, and startling easy, and avoiding things that remind him of the event, I can remember my family telling me that I need to talk to someone and get the help I need. But as with many with PTSD I thought I could handle it alone, Same way Spencer tries to do at first because there is this stigma with it that we are all broken, but it was not until a fireworks show where I was looking for a place to hide. Excellent example. Benjamin Aubut ParticipantEeyore is my favorite character out of the Winnie the pooh stories and movies, because he does suffer from that major depressive disorder, he ways puts a smile on my face. And i like how you said he gets by with a little help from his friends, because everyone at some point needs a little help from their friends, and according to most of the Pooh stories at one point or another they all need help, but Alan Alexander Milne did an excellent job portraying a lot of the mental disorders in his characters of Winnie the pooh. Excellent example! Benjamin Aubut ParticipantKatelyn i understand the want to help people, it seems all my jobs the last 30 years have been about helping people, but in the back of my mind was always that want to be an ER nurse, and I two have tried multiple times, but now that we are here and so close the want to graduate motivates me. thank you for sharing. Benjamin Aubut ParticipantMarissa thank you for sharing all of your stories and background with us openly, I agree with what you said about wanting to be someone you child looks up to, and I feel the same way, and I can honestly say that they have been my motivation in everything I have done since they were born, and now it goes the same for this class. yes being a nurse is something I have wanted to do for a while there was always that fear of not making it because I was not very good in school and a=have learning disabilities, but they have encouraged me the whole time. so again thank you for sharing Benjamin Aubut ParticipantKatelyn. 
 thank you for sharing,I can say good for you for not giving up on your dream. only a few people know that I have tried six different times to get into a nursing program, when I first got out of the military, but my VA had not kicked in yet, when I was living in FL but the job I was working at the time would not change my hours to work needless to say I got a different one soon after, but every time I would start the process something would come up and it would fall through, but I concur with you on not trading this program.Benjamin Aubut ParticipantMarissa, 
 I totally understand where you are coming from, I have pretty low self esteem and always doubted myself at pretty much everything new thing I have tried, when I join the army, I did not think I was good enough to pass, every school or class that I have signed up for while I was in I did not think I was smart enough to pass, and to be honest with you I am surprised I am still passing, but I do the same thing push myself to think positive thoughts, because you are right some times our biggest hurdle is our own mind. thank you for sharing.Benjamin Aubut ParticipantMarissa, 
 I agree 100 % with what you are saying there has to be a line on what can be done with children for research like you said as a reply in mine, toy testing see which ones this new generation like best, or even best foods but even with that you have to be careful because what if they or you don’t know about an allergy.Benjamin Aubut ParticipantKim 
 I do agree with what you said about mine, I just want to clarify Medical research, I do completely agree with like the toy research and maybe like the best foods, but if it is going to cause any harm to the children then is is a big NO for me.Benjamin Aubut ParticipantKaley 
 I think you worded yours way better then I worded mine, I actually went back and read mine and was a bit alarmed. but yes when it comes to “research” and I am talking medical research to save there life then the parents must make that line very viable for that doctor and know when to say no. But if it is a fun “what cereal or toy” do kids like the most where there is no real harm beside getting a tummy-ache then once again that line does have to be there, but that is a bit easier to get on board with.Benjamin Aubut ParticipantMarissa , I get the not being able to sleep without noise, I grew up in a house with bikers, there was always going on at my house, we lived in a log cabin in the woods, my driveway was almost a mile long, so there were no neighbors to complain about the noise, and I can being out on the back porch and falling asleep on one of the benches outside listening to Hoo and howler and doing burn outs in the driveway. Or going to the bike rallies with loud music and engine rowing and just finding a place to lay down and sleep. I think that is also what helped me in the army being able to sleep anywhere with noise or now not being able to sleep without background noise Benjamin Aubut ParticipantStrom I totally agree with you overall on the food culture thing, there are a lot of cultures where if you are invited to a cookout or a big dinner and you do not eat as much as they expect you to eat sometimes, they get offended, My ex-wife grandmother is Italian and she would always tell us to “mangia di più” it means eat more. It was the same way when i was out in Texas, any BBQ I was invited to if you don’t need to be rolled out to the car you did not eat a month. But the opposite goes for some other cultures leaving some food on the plate is considered polite. Benjamin Aubut ParticipantDeb, 
 today after work I went and sat in the hot tub after work, I just busted out laughing because using my wrinkly ,pink meat computer I was remembering what we had talked bout on Thursday about this mushy melon we call a brain, and then began to run down the part of it and what I was using, you always have a way with words and a way to make people thing when using your words.Benjamin Aubut ParticipantI like how you referred to it as the Cinderella routine. Kinda makes me wonder if Walt Disney put that much thought into the Cinderella cartoon,how many broom sweeps she went in one direction. Or how to bite her tongue when the “Steps” were being mean. but sadly now I am going to be more focused on the number of sweeps and not how clean it gets, then curs myself out and do it over. great example !! Benjamin Aubut ParticipantI totally agree, who’s to say that taking out all the known diseases won’t have another effect on something else, nature has a funny way of equaling things out, who’s to say that the generation of “engineered humans” as you say will even be able to have kids of there own, or have the ability to show emotions,or felling. It reminds me of the movie Equilibrium, a society of emotionless people, grant it, it was a pill they were given, but it was governed by the government. Benjamin Aubut Participantcrystal, I totally understand where you are on the “what would my child be like without the genetic disease” all we every want is for our children to be healthy and happy but sometimes they get dealt cards, and the only thing we can do as parents is help them when they struggle and be amazed when they thrive. You make a very valid point, yes believe there are people out there that would misuse this tech for personal gain. 
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