Codependency

No matter what era we are in, we can’t deny the fact that there are some fundamental similarities and differences between a woman and a girl. With that being said, the authors have successfully showing how both Katherine Ames and Jig faced their partners’ selfishness, and how the two female protagonists were different in making decision based on their man. Although Katherine Ames and Jig had different characteristics, they both failed to communicate with the male protagonists efficiently. As…

The Reincarnation of the Eight-Legged Guide In a post-apocalyptic San Francisco, human bounty hunters and androids are firmly pitted against each other in a race for survival, and empathy, which only the humans allegedly possess, is the sole differentiating factor. In Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, through the evolution of the characters’ shifting perception of the spider, PKD uses the insect as a guide in order to reveal the destruction of traditional ideas rooted in…

Intertextuality and Body-Mind Duality No matter how modern society might insist upon the ideas of copyright and intellectual property, no person’s work is truly his or her own. Texts ancient and new, contemporary or separated by centuries, invariably influence and build upon each other. In Ab Urbe Condita, Livy’s depiction of the Carthaginian leader Hannibal interacts with the depiction of the Roman conspirator Catiline featured in Bellum Catilinae, a work by the historian Sallust, a…

how much the Boy took and took from the female tree without giving back. Individuals think that it is demonstrating an abusive relationship between a male and female along with man to nature. The boy is also very narcissistic, and the story shows codependency. Along with that, it also shows greed. The Boy took each thing the Tree gave him and it was never enough. He was greedy and he was never satisfied. Lastly, people feel like giving to others inevitably detracts from what you give to…

Erik Erikson 's theory of psychological development is a set of stages a healthy individual must pass through from infancy to adult hood. It is a set of eight stages, pioneered by none other than Erik Erickson and his wife Joan Erickson. They met in Vienna where Erik Erikson had been studying at a school founded by Anna Freud. It is perhaps the main reason we see similarities in between Sigmund Freud 's theory of psycho-sexual development. However where frauds work focused on the relationship in…

Group therapy has been a positive experience in my life, join the class as a group was intimidating at first, but I was surprised by how rewarding the group experience can be. It was a support that I never expected, improving my ability to discuss openly about my pass issues that I struggle with, and I have never spoke about it with anybody, even with the closest family’s members. Diversity was very important According to the text book Groups Process and Practice “Culture encompasses the values…

The first song I chose was I’m Bad at Love by Halsey. Halsey’s song entails all of her past failed relationships. Now I can’t relate to each of Halsey’s relationships she describes in the song, but I relate to her underlying message. Something a lot of people don’t know about Halsey is that she has Bi-Polar Disorder. In 2017, I was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. It was a very big day for me. I was in no way devastated about my disorder but relieved. It was nice to put a name to…

her grandmother’s house at the age of eighteen. In this time she was supposed to be forming her sense of identity and establishing close, personal relationships but instead she was living to please her husband and spiraling down into depression, codependency, and abuse (Salkind, 2004). She is now living single and struggling to maintain her motivation while entering into relationships with married men or substance abusers. AA recognizes these relationships as being bad for herself and her…

people: on the person, on the loved ones, and on society. Becoming a drug abuser or a drug addict can cause many health issues such as damage to your heart, lungs, stomach, and brain. Drug use can disturb family life and make dangerous examples of codependency, that is, the companion or entire family, out of adoration or dread of outcomes, accidentally empowers the client to keep utilizing drugs by concealing, providing cash, or denying there is an issue. Individuals who utilize drugs encounter…

Alcohol Behavioral Couples Therapy to Decrease Stress Among Partners Addicted to Alcohol Justin J. Kasten University of Wisconsin Whitewater Background Introduction Psychological stress perpetrated on spouses and partners, caused by codependency and substance abuse in one partner, is an increasing social problem in several couples throughout the United States. This type of abuse and stress does not have exact criteria for individuals it affects; however, there are some…