...Mental Illness Mental illness is a disorder that is characterized by disturbances in a person’s thought, emotions, or behavior. Mental illness refers to a wide variety of disorders, ranging from those that cause mild distress to those that impair a person’s ability to function in daily life. Many have tried to figure out the reasons for mental illnesses. All of these reasons have been looked at and thought of for thousands of years. The biological perspective views mental illness as a bodily process. Where as the psychological perspectives think the role of a person’s upbringing and environment are causes for mental illnesses. Researchers estimate that about 24 percent of people over eighteen in the United States suffer from some sort of common mental illness, such as depression and phobias. Studies have also shown that 2.6 percent of adults in the United States suffer from some sort of severe form of mental illness, such as schizophrenia, panic disorders, or bipolar disorders. Younger people also suffer from mental illnesses the same way that adults do. 14 to 20 percent of individuals under the age of eighteen suffer from a case of mental illness. Studies show that 9 to 13 percent of children between the ages of nine and seventeen suffer from a serious emotional disturbances, that disrupts the child’s daily life. Major depression is a severe disorder. Symptoms include withdraw from family and/or friends, weight loss, sleeping problems, frequent crying, fleeing helpless...
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...description shows it, as well as her tenuous hold on life, which could be interpreted as a harbinger of her suicide. While on the topic of life and death, the title Lady Lazarus ironically identifies the persona as female Lazarus; whereas the original Lazarus was male, whom Jesus Christ brought back to life. The story of Lazarus is utilized in this poem after being connected to the myth of the reincarnating phoenix, the bird which kills itself then rejuvenates from its ashes similar to Plath who attempts to kill herself then “comes back to life” with the same desire for revenge like the bird to take revenge on its adversaries. And in the bible after Lazarus comes back to life he is renewed and better than he was before in the poem it states,” Dying is an art…” and as you know dying is not l a skill because any and every one can do it, yet Plath’s persona has attempted dying a few times and now considers herself exceptional, a pro even though she has failed twice. Overall, through the experiences of Plath in Lady Lazarus we see the response of women to an oppressing male figure and a society of such figures. Gerard Way stated, “Sometimes you have to kind of die inside in order to rise from your own ashes and believe in yourself and love yourself to become a new person”, which we see in the persona of Plath presented in the poem. She does physically dies, but he emotional and mental connection is broken then reconnected resulting in a new...
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...The Effects of Distress in the Mind In “Where Are You Going Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates, Arnold Friend is a manifestation of Connie’s subconscious. Illustrated within the passage Connie, who is under emotional distress, seeks salvation from her family life. Neglection and abandonment from the family, subconsciously induced depressed and rebellious impulses within Connie. Arnold Friend is a figment of her imagination whose persona helps combat her depression with fear, this makes her stronger and more independent. On account of the neglection and lack of attention on Connie from her family, it is inevitable that Connie would become depressed and attempt to seek help. Subconsciously, Connie’s desperation for help goes to the extreme of conjuring up an imaginary male figure to help her in a time of despair. In the story, Connie's Father plays a...
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...poem 10 Mary Street which explores the positive attitudes of belonging through the relationships of family as well as culture. Similarly the film Little Miss Sunshine directed by Jonathan Dayton has incorporated both positive and negative attitudes of belonging and has incorporated the physical, emotional and social factors of belonging within a community and family. The negative attitudes and views within a group or community has reiterated a limited sense of belonging within Peter skrzynecki’s poem St Patricks College. The persona within the poem recalls his schooling years of sadness whilst using a dull tone to demonstrate his isolation from the school community. This is portrayed metaphorically within the description of the personas schooling years being “overshadowed by clouds” portraying a sense of darkness, which is ironic as the school motto is “Luceat Lux Vesta”, which translates to “let your light shine”. This has portrayed the personas insecurity within the school community and demonstrates his limited experiences of belonging. The poem...
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...país se enfoca en su estabilidad de precios esto hace que internamente en el país decaigan las crisis económicas internas y la incertidumbre disminuya. Esto es exactamente lo que hace a un país atractivo y llame la atención de bancos e inversores a financiar proyectos extranjeros adentro de un país. Un agente económico no podría actuar nunca en lugares donde hay inseguridad social o donde los precios de sus bienes varíen dependiendo de la inflación o los cambios que haya en la moneda de este país. Podríamos decir que el crecimiento económico de un país depende mucho del impacto psicológico que este pueda causar, y este es un impacto psicológico a gran escala pero que hasta la persona más común utiliza. Es como una situación donde una persona le pide a otra que le guarde algún objeto por unos días, la persona que necesita el favor no se lo va a pedir a cualquier...
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...The novel House of Sand and Fog, written by Andrew Dubus III, is a story about how society, events from the past and present situations can affect people’s persona, anima/animus, shadow and self which eventually influences their decisions about life. Dubus explores the conflict between two completely different people with opposite persona. Colonel Masoud Behrani, once a wealthy man in Iran, is now a struggling immigrant willing to bet everything he has to restore his family’s dignity. Kathy Nicolo is a troubled young woman whose house is all she has left, and who refuses to let her hard-won stability slip away from her. These two characters are drawn by their competing desires to the same small house and domed by their tragic inability to understand one another, converge in an explosive collision. In the course of the novel, Dubus takes the readers to the journey about the past of these two people and shows how basic pervious desire, fear and need derive each of them into their downfall; however, Colonel Behrani is the character whose persona got affected the most, caused the conflict to get worsen. Colonel Behrani is an old, strong, responsible, honorable and experienced man who had power and money back in his old life, thus his persona is extremely strong. Behrani had a peaceful life as he says: “As in our pervious life, we would have a driver. Our home would be surrounded by high walls covered with vines and blooming flowers” (p.187). He is used to being in a high...
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...“Social Media is a form of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and micro blogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as videos).”(Merriam-Webster, 2013) Social media has a negative effect on peoples learning by causing depression, violence, and a false sense of connection. This new popular form of communication can have devastating effects. Social media can cause many to become depressed for various reasons. “It's estimated that nearly 400 million people worldwide belong to either Facebook or MySpace but doctors are now finding social Websites can lead to depression. With both MySpace and Facebook, you have to request friends and then wait to be accepted. Normally, you get an email; but if it doesn't come, you can feel alone.” One individual may have 5,000 friends and another may have 40, this can cause depression even though what seems real is actually not. (Smith, 2013) Children and adults are learning more and more from what they see via social media, whether it is a video, blog, or a simple status update and the way an individual perceives this can cause depression. Violence can also arouse from social media as well. “Two years ago, two friends at a Philadelphia high school turned on each other and began a hallway fight sparked by a rumor on Twitter and Facebook. As the fight escalated, onlookers pulled out their smartphones and began recording the action. Shortly thereafter...
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...Walpole. Walpole was a strong believer that England should control Ireland’s activities because it was their colony. However, Ireland had its own Parliament and cultural identity and did not want to be under England’s control. Legislation was enacted by England that severely limited the rights of the Irish to hold government office, purchase real estate, get an education, and advance themselves in other ways. As a result, many Irish fled to foreign lands, including America. Most of those who remained in Ireland lived in poverty, facing disease, starvation, and prejudice. By the 1720’s, Ireland was overly occupied and a majority were the poor lower class. In Jonathon Swift’s essay, “A Modest Proposal”, Swift uses the literary devices satire, persona, and logos to emphasize the poor quality of living and overpopulation of the inhabitants of Ireland, and calls for a renovation of the current system through the cooperation of the classes thus showing that one voice, can be a loud one. Swift uses many rhetorical devices throughout the work to demonstrate the necessity of change to the current lifestyle of the lower class. This essay is well known for its’ satire, which Swift uses throughout the whole composition, trivializing the poor conditions of the low Irish class. “A young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricase, or a ragoust...
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...tiene en su carrera profesional después de una vida plenamente dedicada a ella; y el comprender que todavía puede dar muchas cosas como médico a sus pacientes le hace seguir adelante. A esto se une el poder ponerse a disposición de sus compañeros de enfermedad, con un nuevo papel de enfermo experto, creando un centro para la acogida de personas con enfermedad neuromuscular. Un proyecto en el que se tiene en cuenta de modo global las necesidades de la persona, del cual se siente orgulloso. Por último, destacar el inestimable apoyo de las personas que más le importan: su familia, sus hijos y sus amigos. Gracias a ellos quiere seguir viviendo intensamente y le hace sentir que de incurable únicamente tenga ese deseo de vivir. 2. ¿Qué consideras que le ayuda a vivir a Javier Romañach? A Javier Romañach le ayuda principalmente pertenecer y actuar en nombre del movimiento Foro De Vida Independiente. Desde él lucha por la dignidad e igualdad de oportunidades para las personas con diversidad funcional, término que emplea la asociación para evitar la connotación negativa de “discapacidad”. Esta lucha difícil y compleja por los derechos de las personas, por una vida digna, es lo que fundamentalmente se aprecia que genera en él la fuerza y ganas de vivir. Además, considero que a Javier le...
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...gothicpartner gothicpartner is offline Senior Member Join Date Dec 2005 Location Bruges Native language Spanish Posts 1,175 Hi all I've always used "suffer from something" , but today, I heard someone say "if you're a suffer OF allergies...". The question is: Are there any difference between Suffer of and suffer from?. I've googled and also I've come across suffer of love, suffer of depression, suffer from anxiety, etc. Could you clarify this for me, please? Regards Reply With Quote Reply With Quote Ads by Google English Grammar Checker Correct All Grammar Errors And Enhance Your English. Try Now! www.grammarly.com/Grammar_Checker 7th March 2013, 4:53 AM #2 kayokid's Avatar kayokid kayokid is online now Senior Member Join Date Mar 2006 Location Chicago Native language English, USA Posts 6,775 Hello. I have never heard 'to suffer of.' In my opinion this is incorrect. You suffer from something/a disease. Ex. I suffer from hay fever and many other allergies. (Also: I have hay fever and other allergies.) She suffers from depression/severe anxiety. The one statement that sums up my life is: I don't get it... Reply With Quote Reply With Quote 7th March 2013, 5:13 AM #3 picopegajoso's Avatar picopegajoso picopegajoso is offline Senior Member Join Date Jun 2010 Location Upper Midwest, USA Native language English - U.S. Posts 317 Quote Originally Posted by gothicpartner View Post Hi all I've always used "suffer...
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...behavior, and his general persona indicate otherwise and suggest that he is in fact mentally ill. The first part of this play foreshadows Hamlet’s mental stress. As the play unfolds, he no longer seems to be “pretending madness”, as ultimately multiple deaths occur. “Mad as the sea and wind when both contend Which is the mightier. In his lawless fit, Behind the arras hearing something stir, Whips out his rapier, cries, “A rat, a rat!” And in this brainish apprehension kills The unseen good old man.” (IV.i 8-13) This quote in Act IV, scene i is the turning point in the play when clearly Hamlet’s “pretend” madness is no longer an act, but truly indicative of “madness”, leading to the question: Does Hamlet’s “madness”, his ascent from sanity to insanity, result in the tragedy in “The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark”? The first part of this play foreshadows Hamlet’s mental decline. He has many of the risk factors for depression such as his age (clinical depression often first occurs in late adolescence or early adulthood), and he has had many life changing events happen in a relatively short period of time such as his father unexpectedly dying (possibly murdered), his mother remarrying shortly after his father’s death, and his uncle is now his step-father (as well as his fathers murderer). Major life changes (such as those Hamlet experiences) can act as a catalyst towards mental illness (Psychology Works’ Fact Sheet: Depression). Initially, Hamlet...
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...“The Yellow Wallpaper" is a short story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The story is set in the late nineteenth century in America. It is a first person point of view of what disconnection and insanity can lead to. Many people believe this is a semi-autobiography of Gilman’s mental illness and treatment approach. In the story, Gilman takes the readers into the psyche of a young wife and mother, Jane, whom is powerless in her insecurities which no one truly understands or makes the attempt to try and understand. Her husband, John, has moved her to the country to recover from her illness. John is a physician who is trying to treat Jane for being “nervous”. Although his intentions are good, he goes about it in the wrong way. Dismissing any wishes she may have and not allowing her to express her feelings and or opinions. For example, Jane wants to be in a different room. The narrator states, “I don’t like our room a bit. I wanted the one downstairs that opened onto the piazza and had roses all over the window, and such pretty old-fashioned chintz hanging! But John would not hear of it.” (pg. 346) Making an assumption from what Jane reveals, she is not able to care for her newborn child and has now fallen in to an extremely emotionally unstable state. "It is fortunate Mary is so good with the baby. Such a dear baby! And yet I cannot be with him, it makes me so nervous." (pg. 346-47. Gilman) Her husband, John, and the other people in her life, don't think she should do anything...
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...man riding his horse during the night, when he stops to see a wooded area fill up with falling snow. He speaks of somewhere he must be before he sleeps, leaving a reader questioning every aspect of the speaker. The style, language, and actions of the speaker in “Stopping by woods on a Snowy Evening” suggest that he rode away from depression or death, which were held in the woods on that snowy evening. The speaker, in this poem rides his “little horse” (1112) down a path between “woods and a frozen lake” (1112). He stops to stare into a patch of woods that are filling up with falling snow. The speaker mentioned that the woods were “dark and deep” (1112). He seems to be enjoying this scene of nature, but he has a previous obligation to be somewhere before he sleeps. The fourth stanza states “The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep” (1112).Here, the speaker is faced with a dilemma to either keep this “promise” to be somewhere, or stay there in the cold, and gaze into the dark, deep woods which symbolize depression or death. The woods represent a “dark, deep” depression, lifestyle, or death for the speaker. Frost’s descriptions of the woods lead a reader to think the woods are not as pretty as they seem; a feeling of insecurity arises. After randomly stopping on this path, his little horse “gave his harness bells a shake.” This was unusual for the speaker to do this; otherwise the horse would...
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...Social Networks - Negative Impact Likes and dislikes are natural responses to the opinions of human beings according to the things that they are observing at the time and personal preferences. Problems occur when these personal preferences move from the realm of opinion into the realm of facts. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of social networks to discover their potential negative effects on the users and society. The primary focus of this paper being Facebook, one of the biggest names in the industry. Opinion Summary Vanderbilt Photographs are a way to memorialize an event that was meaningful, stupid, or sometimes dangerous. People usually share their most cherished photographs with close friends, family, and significant others. This is no longer the case. With the birth of Facebook and the explosion of social networking, complete strangers are now considered close friends because they liked something on the user’s page, or they are friends of friends (Vanderbilt, ). The sheer weight of this phenomenon has reached beyond the social aspect to the business and legal aspect. It has gotten to the point that businesses now check the Facebook page of potential employees to find out if they are truthful on their applications or to simply find out the kind of person they are outside the interview room. When it comes to the law, Facebook photos are being used as evidence to either prove or disprove an individual's state of mind at the time of the incident...
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...The Great Depression of the 1930’s saw Australia’s industrialised society suffer due to economic deprivation. However, widespread suffering was not equally experienced as unemployment levels soared mostly amongst the working class. Unemployment broke down the pride of men, whilst women faced stereotypes and indigenous people were racially discriminated against. Rural workers such as farmers struggled to sell their produce as spending declined. The depression impacted veterans greatly as they returned with emotional baggage to the burden of unemployment. Conversely, a majority of the upper class came out of the depression unscathed and their lavish lifestyle continued largely unaffected. Farmers were in the midst of ruin; exports suffered,...
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