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Spence 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.
Eeyore 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!
Katelyn 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.
Marissa 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
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I too have been part of a group that had made some very bad decisions when I was younger, the dumbest on could have probably landed all of us a few nights in the county jail ( won’t go into it) if we were adults but as we were minors, we all got held at the police station and had our parents called, I can remember sitting there thinking please let mom come, so when she came walking in I was kinda happy, until I got to the car and my dad was sitting in the back seat, needles to say I did not make it home with out a sore backside, and yes there was a time that a few of us did speak up but at that point it was two late, but like you said all we can do is learn. 2 of us later worked for the sheriff department the rest have been our guest more then a few times. they did not learn.Deb
“The Look” was very persuasive thing growing up,think our fathers went to the same school for “the look” that would stop me in my track and all intrusive thoughts would evacuate my brain immediately, my mother was the same way, heck I am 46 and she will still shoot me the look and make me feel like a little kid in trouble again, but it s a marvelous tool to have. I also became a pro at it and put it to good use when my kids were little stopping them, it got to the point were you could almost see defeat in there eyes when I would shot it at them, thank you for sharingKatelyn.
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.Marissa,
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.kaitlyn
I totally agree with the whole stimuli thing I know for a fact that there are some smells that take me back and I feel like a kid again, or you hear that one song and bam you are back in the gym of your high school at a dance.Or as you said the anxiety you get thinking about work and that one boss that you don’t like dealing with, all great points.Marissa,
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.Kim
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.Marissa
I totally agree with the obedience that is learned growing up it was kinda the same way in my house you did as you where told or you you got a butt spanking, but see it was a little different, my farther was an over the road truck driver and my mom was home with us but she had injured hand from an accident at work so she could not do the spanking she would leave that for dad when he got home, and oh there where days we feared him coming home, so in that we learned at a very young age to drop what ever you are doing when mom says to do something. and I do hate to say it, that there are still people today that treat their spouses like it the 50’s, even if they work just as hard as the man, My ex-wife was raised that way, I would constantly have to tell her it was not the 50’s and that she did not have to apologize that dinner was not ready when I got home, it got to the point that I had to make a schedule on who’s night was to cook.Kaley
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.Marissa , 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
Strom 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.
