Motive And Mentality Analysis

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When one attempts to make new acquaintances, one cares little for small talk. Instead, people tend to care more about a potential friend’s motivation and mentality. First they judge your mental state, then judge your actions based on their critique. Society 's definition of insane is not mentally insane and locked away, but will deem a troublesome person as insane. Being labeled as “troublesome” is enough for society to deem the insane’s actions as wrong; if deemed sane, then one’s actions are overlooked, even if those actions are the same. So the question readers may be asking is “what is the author’s motive and mentality?” I’ll tell you that by society’s standards, I am a sane person with all the right motives to make the world better, but …show more content…
Emotional health is to have a positive self-concept, deal constructively with your feelings, and develop positive qualities. The biggest reason why I lack in this area is because of how depressed I constantly am. Depression for me is having a hard time thinking positively about myself, and when someone compliments me I politely say ‘thank you’ but rarely believe them. I personally do not know how to deal with emotions and feelings; usually I just lock them away, trying to ignore it till it goes away. Sadly emotions never goes away, and all the raw feelings keep me strung high until I crash and break. It tends to happen, at a minimum, twice a month where I can not handle anything and shut everyone out, as well as breaking down into tears. Depression leads me to think that I push away my love ones, but being autophobic-the fear of being alone, mentally not physically-can terrify me, triggering panic attacks. A panic attack is when it becomes next to impossible to breath, it feels like someone is sitting on the person 's chest, when in reality it is fear sending their heart into overdrive, accelerating one’s breathing, which also makes it harder to focus. That is why it is always very important to try and get a person having a panic attack to focus on another person 's breathing …show more content…
Social health is to develop and maintain meaningful relationships with a network of friends and family members, and to contribute to the community. I always hear the saying “it’s not the quantity of your friends, but the quality” and it took me a long time, a teacher constantly telling me, and an anime to realize this is quite true because I thought I needed lots of people to surround me to make me less scared of being alone, but I found out that it just made it worse. I was more ignored suffered more panic attacks, but now with the small handful of friends I have; I feel better, more secure and loved than before. I do not leave my room often, and do not attend social events or parties unless I am forced

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