I. Current Social/Emotional Elements
Social Relationships Shannon Aydt has a variety of different social contacts; however, those that she finds most prominent are her friends Sami, Brittany, and Alexis, her boyfriend Zach, and her parents. The communication she has with her friends is mostly via text messaging and her communication with her boyfriend is mostly via phone conversations or in person. Shannon stated that she, her friends, and her boyfriend all have such busy lives so it often times gets hard to stay in full contact; however, they try their best to get together on the weekends. As for her parents, she has constant in person communication with them due to the fact that she lives under their roof.
Special Relationships Zach is …show more content…
Additionally, life course experiences such as “sense of self, levels of psychological distress, and attitudes toward work and family life” effect ones subjective outcome (George, 1996). One event in Shannon’s life that has contributed to who she is as a person was her boyfriend’s mom, Shelly, going into cardiac arrest. Shelly going into cardiac arrest was an extremely hard time for Shannon and her boyfriend, Zach. They went through many different levels of psychological distress at the time of the event and are still are facing struggles now; however, these hardships also highlighted Shannon’s strength and resilience. Therefore, this event had negative as well as positive impacts on Shannon’s life and contributed greatly to who she is today; it allowed her to see life more fragilely and it also taught her not to take the people she has for …show more content…
When Shannon speaks of her boyfriend, Zach, she speaks very highly of him and states that she does not know what she would do without him; additionally, she depends on him as an outlet when she is struggling and feeling down. When conversing with Shannon, I asked her what she thought life would be like if she did not have Zach and she spoke as though her life would completely fall apart. In regards to the chaos complexity theory, Shannon and Zach no longer being a couple may seem like a small thing; however, it would create and overwhelming difference for Shannon and how she would go about her everyday life with him no long in
Social Relationships Shannon Aydt has a variety of different social contacts; however, those that she finds most prominent are her friends Sami, Brittany, and Alexis, her boyfriend Zach, and her parents. The communication she has with her friends is mostly via text messaging and her communication with her boyfriend is mostly via phone conversations or in person. Shannon stated that she, her friends, and her boyfriend all have such busy lives so it often times gets hard to stay in full contact; however, they try their best to get together on the weekends. As for her parents, she has constant in person communication with them due to the fact that she lives under their roof.
Special Relationships Zach is …show more content…
Additionally, life course experiences such as “sense of self, levels of psychological distress, and attitudes toward work and family life” effect ones subjective outcome (George, 1996). One event in Shannon’s life that has contributed to who she is as a person was her boyfriend’s mom, Shelly, going into cardiac arrest. Shelly going into cardiac arrest was an extremely hard time for Shannon and her boyfriend, Zach. They went through many different levels of psychological distress at the time of the event and are still are facing struggles now; however, these hardships also highlighted Shannon’s strength and resilience. Therefore, this event had negative as well as positive impacts on Shannon’s life and contributed greatly to who she is today; it allowed her to see life more fragilely and it also taught her not to take the people she has for …show more content…
When Shannon speaks of her boyfriend, Zach, she speaks very highly of him and states that she does not know what she would do without him; additionally, she depends on him as an outlet when she is struggling and feeling down. When conversing with Shannon, I asked her what she thought life would be like if she did not have Zach and she spoke as though her life would completely fall apart. In regards to the chaos complexity theory, Shannon and Zach no longer being a couple may seem like a small thing; however, it would create and overwhelming difference for Shannon and how she would go about her everyday life with him no long in