Joseph Campbell studied ancient greek mythology. After studying, the American Mythologist, Writer, and Lecturer, discovered that heroes in almost every story follow this same path called the Heroic Journey. He figured this out by seeing that all the heroes go through stages. For example, they refuse, they have tests/allies/enemies, and they are rewarded at the end of their journey. Everybody is a hero in their own story if you think about it. You go through the same cycle as a story would. I went through the Heroic Journey when my parents got divorced when I was at the age of 5 years old. I refused, I got help, I was tested, and I was also rewarded at the end of my journey.
It all started when I was 5 years old. My mom came to my room and …show more content…
The counselor told me that I would have to get used to just seeing my dad on the weekends. She also helped me understand that the weekends with my dad would become the most valuable time that I would have with his relationship with me. She then gave me a few tips that would help me in the future to get over wanting to see my dad all the time. One of the tips that she gave me was to get a shoebox and write a letter to someone telling them about your feelings. This helped me alot. Once I accepted that my mom and dad would not be getting back together I started getting back in the same person I used to be. I would not cry as much at night, which soon evolved into not crying at all at night. I would quit writing letters to flood out my feelings, instead I would turn to my phone or tablet to get out of the world that I lived in. I believe that instead of writing letters I transitioned into playing on my phone or even just checking the time. Because it was easier and quicker to do than to get out a sheet of paper, a pencil and to find time to just sit and write a paragraph or two on how I
It all started when I was 5 years old. My mom came to my room and …show more content…
The counselor told me that I would have to get used to just seeing my dad on the weekends. She also helped me understand that the weekends with my dad would become the most valuable time that I would have with his relationship with me. She then gave me a few tips that would help me in the future to get over wanting to see my dad all the time. One of the tips that she gave me was to get a shoebox and write a letter to someone telling them about your feelings. This helped me alot. Once I accepted that my mom and dad would not be getting back together I started getting back in the same person I used to be. I would not cry as much at night, which soon evolved into not crying at all at night. I would quit writing letters to flood out my feelings, instead I would turn to my phone or tablet to get out of the world that I lived in. I believe that instead of writing letters I transitioned into playing on my phone or even just checking the time. Because it was easier and quicker to do than to get out a sheet of paper, a pencil and to find time to just sit and write a paragraph or two on how I