...Living Without Worry and Fear Freedom is defined as a state in which somebody is able to act and live as he or she chooses, without being subject to any undue restrictions. Jeffrey Borenstein has said, “Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond.” However, Anne Dillard suggests a simple and unsophisticated way of life and uses the world of the weasel for motivation to convey this message. Since our ability to think and reason makes us who we are as individuals, it is odd that Dillard marvels at the value of “mindlessness.” Yet, in Anne Dillard’s essay, “Living like Weasels” she uses her encounter with a weasel to demonstrate how we would obtain more out of life through living carefree and without a worry. This freedom translates to a beauty hard for many to see and we should remain grateful for our conscious ability and the fact that our presence provides this beauty to the world. Dillard evaluates the rodent’s way of life, which in reality is pure freedom. This weasel is free to do as it pleases and is not involved in taking on mental activity. Further, the weasel has no human responsibilities and approaches life with no thoughts other than survival. If we approached each day without being mindful, our actions would not be distorted by our biases or motives. Dillard observes, “I might learn something of mindlessness, something of the purity of living in the physical senses and the dignity of living without bias...
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...Maya Angelou once said that the fear of living was," ...being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness." She was probably right. She said it to inspire, but without experience, how could she really know? I have a fear of living. I constantly trap myself into scenarios where I could easily kill myself. Pills, knives, alcohol...the majority of my life was hinged on wanting to escape the harsh reality of life. I hated myself. My mistakes ruined me, and even though it would have been easier to blame anyone but myself, I always destroyed myself with my hopeless wishing. Wishing that I hadn't found my father cheating on my mother with the neighbor. Wishing that I had watched my 5 year old sister, instead of neglecting to mind her as she wandered around, until she reached the end of the pier, inevitably drowning. Wishing I hadn't started the drugs. Wishing that everything would just fade away. Wishing that I was numb to the heartache and pain of this horrible world....
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...Epicurus argued that the ultimate goal of life is to pursue pleasure and minimize pain. In his view, since pleasure and pain only exists in the “living world”, there would be neither pleasure nor pain when an individual is dead. Therefore, the state of death should never get worse in terms of that pursuit of pleasure. Human beings tend to fear for the possibility that a situation might get worse, but when something doesn’t get worse there is nothing to be feared. Being dead is motionless, painless and sensationless. When the physical body is no longer functional, there is no conscious. Since all the neurons are dead, there would be no sensation to be felt. The good and the evil lie in in true sensation. Pleasure and pain are derived from a physical or psychological feeling we are, for better or worse, affected by. If there were no feeling, there would be no pain. Fear initially derives from the feeling of pain or imminent discomfort. The state of death possesses neither of those two evils. In a place where evil doesn’t exist, there is nothing to be feared. Epicurus also mentioned how death as the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, because the existence of our consciousness implies that we are not dead, while the status of being dead indicates that we are senseless. Since they are mutually exclusive, death should not dominate as one of our fears. While it is undeniable that death brings no sensation, the argument that should be focused upon is whether fearing death can bring more...
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...a cognitive behavioral group intervention to reduce fear of falling and associated avoidance of activity in community-living older people: a process evaluation” is a study about elderly people faced with the fear of falling and as a result they limit the restrictions of their activities. Haastregt, Zijlstra, Rossum, Eijk, Witte, & Kempen (2007), states that “20 to 60 % of the older people living in the community are afraid of falling and 20 to 55 % report activity restriction”. This could create other problems such as a decline in their ability to function, decrease their quality of life and their becoming institutionalized. A cognitive behavioral group invention was developed named “A Matter of Balance” by Tennstedt and his colleagues to address and prevent the elderly person’s fear of falling and encourage movement midst this community. Cognitive interventions and tools are used to develop and employ how to accomplish the goal. The intervention is inclusive of a six week session for 120 minutes and afterwards a booster session is administered for six mouths. The following strategies were employed show that the risk and fear of falling can be controlled, set goals reachable for increasing activity, setting a clear and safe environment that will decrease chances of falling, and encouraging physical exercise that will foster strength and balance. The interventions prove to be favorable in lessening the client’s fear of falling and evading participating in daily activity...
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...the fear of going out in public, either the fear of open spaces or the fear of being in unfamiliar places. Many people with agoraphobia either never leave their house, or do anything they can to avoid travelling anywhere other than their home and office. Many people that have agoraphobia also have panic disorder. Agoraphobia is often caused by panic attacks. People experience panic attacks in public places, so they start to avoid public places in order to avoid panic attacks until they are afraid to go outside. Some people experience agoraphobia after traumatic events as well. Agoraphobia is more common for adults. Many also fear losing control, both psychologically and physically. Causing them to avoid social meetings. Not everyone living with agoraphobia spends all their time in their home. Some of the more common symptoms include: Obsessive fear of socializing with groups of people, regardless of whether or not you know them, Severe stress or anxiety whenever you're in an environment other than your home, or an environment where you're not in control, Feelings of tension and stress even during regular activities, such as going to the store, talking with strangers, or even just stepping outdoors, Preoccupation with how to protect yourself or find safety in the event that some type of trouble occurs, even with little reason to believe trouble will occur, Finding that your own fears are keeping you prisoner, preventing you from going out and living life because of that fear, Many...
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...from public places where they feel that urgent escape might be difficult. About one in three people with panic disorder develops agoraphobia. Their world may become lesser, as they are always on guard, waiting for the next attack (Anxiety and Depression Association of America, 2010-2012). In this paper, I will discuss the lifestyle of people living with agoraphobia as well as the interventions, and factors that may act as retraining forces in agoraphobic individuals. Agoraphobia is a type of anxiety disorder in which individuals tend to avoid situations that they feel may cause them panic. People with agoraphobia may even avoid being alone, leaving their home or any predicament where they could feel humiliated, trapped, or helpless if they do panic. According to Mayo Clinic Staff (2011), people who are agoraphobic do not feel safe in any public place, especially where there is a crowd. They can feel trapped inside of their own home because their fears are so emotionally overpowering. Treatment for agoraphobia can be rough because this usually means coming face-to-face with their fears. Common places and situations that agoraphobic people fear are elevators, sporting events, bridges, public transportation, shopping malls, airplanes, and crowds or lines of people (Mayo Clinic Staff, 2011). A whole lifestyle develops where...
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...Purpose of the organization Assistance to the Elderly, Inc., (ATTE) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization that enables low-income, vulnerable adults to lead meaningful and dignified lives by providing supportive housing, care services, community education, and advocacy. ATTE provides supportive housing for Residential Plaza at Blue Lagoon (RPBL), an assisted living facility with 350 units that serves a predominantly Hispanic, low-income older population. Residential Plaza at Blue Lagoon has a long-standing reputation for providing quality services to low-income residents. Residential Plaza's Memory Care Program (RPMCP) provides affordable 24-hour specialized care, based on the Montessori for Aging and Dementia Program, in a homelike environment...
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...Fear, a complex concept, is the driving factor of everyday life. Fear determines how a person acts, their impressions, their style and many other simple choices they make on an everyday basis. Fear challenges a person to achieve the impossible and, but more importantly, it keeps them alive. A simple fear, like crossing the road, keeps people from running out into the world and being crushed so badly they will never recover. It is fear that protects life, but on the other hand, it could also ruin life. To find a balance between legitimate fear and unreasonable fear is a constant struggle. Fear is a misunderstood idea in the lives of Americans; it should provide a life worth living not shut it down. Terrorism is a fear that is often misrepresented. It is just the fear of people who are inhumane and find happiness in creating fear. Foreign terrorists, like Isis, are the most feared type, but they should not be. Only one in 110 million people die from terrorism (Source A). While this number seems so unrealistic, the truth is that foreign terrorism is not what Americans should...
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... Inner Fear In Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend, as the only survivor of the calamity that has wiped out the entire civilization, Robert Neville is the only hope of human civilization and human species. For some reason, the virus that has mutated every human being doesn’t have any effect on Neville which is a bit ironic. Before the plague, he is just a normal person who lives a normal life. All of sudden, he becomes the chosen one. I Am Legend demonstrate his mental condition breaking down along with his human sanity fading away. After finish reading the book, my direct feeling is fear. The fear is not...
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...highest level of public fear about being victimized when walking alone at night was recorded in 1982. At that time, nearly half of adults, 48%, said they were afraid, while 52% were not afraid. Fear stayed fairly high through 1993, registering above 40%, but then descended to 30% by 2001. It has since increased slightly, although it has not returned to the record-high levels. This trend in Americans' perceptions of their personal safety contrasts with federal crime statistics showing a sharp, steady decline in the rate of violent crime (including murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault) over the past 16 years. After two decades when violent crime registered at or near 50 victims per 1,000 population, crime plummeted during the 1990s and 2000s, and is now at its lowest level in recent history. Fear Varies by Gender, Income Americans' fear of crime victimization relates strongly to two distinct factors: household income and gender. Adults living in low-income households are roughly twice as likely as those living in high-income households to be afraid, 48% vs. 23%. Women are more than twice as likely as men to say they are afraid to walk alone at night near their home, 50% vs. 22%. This 28-point gender gap conforms to what Gallup found on this issue globally in 2009 with a different question asked in 105 countries. Additionally, women are more fearful than men at every income level. This confirms that the higher fear among women is not solely...
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...Modern Day Examples in Marketing The best examples right now in the marketplace play upon peoples fears. Fear of the unknown, fear of disease, fear of being different, fear of not following the crowd, fear of aging, etc. The biggest fear for a lot of people right now is the end of the world. It is splashed all over the papers, yet a lot of people are too scared to talk about it. They have movies about it in different themes. The movie 2012 is a good example as it puts the fear into people about how they are living. But, there are other different types which go in a different more scientific direction with earthquakes, asteroids, tidal waves, biological warfare, etc. The other fear is of disease, which happens to be H1N1 at this time. Many people are flocking to the doctor’s, hospitals and clinics to get vaccinated. People are afraid they will catch it and sanitizer’s are a big seller to combat the spread of germs. Purell dispensers and hand wipes are cropping up in many public buildings such as schools, supermarkets, office buildings, hotels, and hospitals to help to avoid the spread of infection and germs. Fear of aging has always been a big thing since so many people are living longer now and they want to combat the signs of aging or to live fuller lives. There are so many anti aging things on the market which most are geared towards women, but there are a few for the men as well. The women have anti wrinkle creams such as the Dermajuv Complete Rejuvenation...
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...In my opinion, Christopher is an archetypal hero. The book begins with him possessing severe and uncontrollable Aspergers symptoms. Naturally, Christopher will never pertain the ability of living independently. As Christopher leaves his house to begin a journey alone, he overcomes his greatest weaknesses. In the end, Christopher feels confident he can one day live unnattended. Christopher’s character follows the template of the quintessential hero. At the beginning, Christopher has severe Aspergers symptoms (e.g. hitting a police officer, screaming when touched). Although you discover his mother is deceased, early on, you become suspicious because his father hates their neighbor, Mr. Shears, and Christopher’s mother had an affair (60). This fits the archetypal hero’s mysterious and orphan-like beginning. Halfway through, Christopher realizes his father lied to him; his mother is living! Christopher’s call to adventure occurs after...
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...between all races, cultures, and connects our overall existence as a whole. Once our humanity is chipped away at by another we can see where the wrong doing lays. The preservation of life and the freedom to live life is what is most wrong to take away. Essentially a moral norm is things that our universal human morality should prevent that rob others of life, dignity, survival, and one’s own will. The targeting of one culture for mass murder is universally wrong for robs others of life for something completely out of their control. Genocide is a destruction of a race or culture past, present, and future generations. Morally, this is wrong to commit such mass destruction of humanity. Political acts against people for mass killing is depriving living human beings the right to basic survival. Things like political forced famine and germ warfare that make people suffer until death are a universal wrong for depriving people a chance to survive and having a dignified death. In today’s society we are faced with terrorism...
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...Jews in Europe were living in fear of their lives. The Holocaust was the cause of 6 million Jews deaths. This was the largest case of genocide in the world. Millions of Jews lost their lives because of their beliefs. The following image shows 10 young people, who were kept in Auschwitz Concentration Camp. When going to the Concentration Camp, they were allowed to take one bag with them. They were forced to wear several layers when they went so they would have the clothing necessary to survive the harsh winter. This image shows the sadness, fear and starvation that they had to go through. This is shown through its use of color, or lack thereof, the people themselves, and the scenery of the Camp...
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...members Jackson uses Zombies to represent gangs and gang members. Vincent Price’s verse at the end of the song makes this much more obvious with the line “To terrorize y'awl's neighborhood…”(Jackson). Many American’s feared gangs would terrorize their neighborhoods during this time period. This was also around the time that people began to fear HIV and AIDS, so what better way to illustrate this than with a Zombie virus. An iconic example of this would be the Resident Evil series which consists of both games and movies. The first game and first part of this series came out in 1996 and revolves around a Zombie outbreak that started because of the...
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