Dissociation

I’ve had severe depression, anxiety, and some dissociation for years and have been in two hospitals to help treat it. On top of that, two of my three cousins have schizophrenia. Go back to the 1930s and my cousins would have ended up in the T4 program and those like it. It’s very surreal to realize what…

develop ideas of what is good and bad, and if something does not fit their definition of good it is automatically bad, and vice versa. This can cause failings in moral judgements as humans are unable to collectively identify one person as evil. The dissociation of actions from subjects too affects the slaves as it blames the slaves for their weakness, rather than acknowledging weakness as their natural…

Introduction What follows is a short summary of the journal article Recovering Memories of Trauma: A View From the Laboratory, written by Richard McNally of Harvard University and published by the Association for Psychological Science. I will then consider under what circumstances repressed memories are likely to surface, what are the possible effects and offer my personal beliefs about my own mind repressing painful memories. Literature Review Mr. McNally begins his paper by pointing to the…

Sylvia Plath`s poem the “Snakecharmer” elaborates on the theme of creation. The recurring ideas, narrative techniques, tone as well as the devices used, enhances the poem, making it quite appealing to the readers. The question implies that the technical devices help readers to highlight and trace the creation process of this eight-stanza poem. With the title itself, the poet already creates a sense of suspense and makes the reader anticipate the mystical and symbolic aspect of the poem. The…

The synthesis of Aa-g-poly(MAA) involve the optimization of various reaction conditions like initiator concentration, monomer concentration, crosslinker concentration, solvent concentration and pH. After the optimization of various reaction parameters the replications were carried-out in triplicates for the reproducibility of the results and statistical of the results obtained. It was performed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 10. Statistical results of the…

In Robert Frost’s sonnet Acquainted with the Night, the speaker finds himself questioning the greater triumphs of darkness and light. Throughout the poem, the speaker goes on a journey of self-discovery, but finds loneliness on his walk. The speaker goes on to contemplate life and his place within society. It is of common knowledge that Robert Frost often dealt with complex depression due to many events in his life. Frost’s father died when he was just a boy and only two of his six children…

Since he was a young boy Chet has had small hardships because of his polio. “His mother always [thinking] he would die young,” portrays the dissociation he may have experienced with her growing up (Meloy). Explaining why he may have felt the need “to prove to her that he was invincible” (Meloy). The low self-worthy environment, adversities created by his polio, faulty relationships, and his lonesome…

Cognitive Processing Therapy Trauma can happen to a variety of people; old and young, rich and poor, male and female; through the use of physical, verbal or sexual abuse, even while stationed in the military. One study focused on Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and compared its effectiveness to Present-Centered Therapy (PCT). Those who participated were diagnosed with PTSD related to military sexual trauma (both men and women) within three months before the study have more than one clear…

In the novel The Scarlet Letter, an examination of the reaction to sin in Puritan society, Nathaniel Hawthorne, born in Salem, Massachusetts with powerful Puritan ancestors presents significance in the scaffold and the scarlet letter, implication in Hester’s occupation and charitable gestures, and the development of Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale and Governor Bellingham in order to expose the hypocrisy of Puritanism. The novel is set in seventeenth century Boston, then known as Massachusetts Bay…

The Shallow Waters of Freedom The relationship between the natural world and civilized society is a common topic of discussion in intellectual circles, political debate, and scientific theory. From talk of climate change to colonization, humans have been bringing up the “nature vs. civilization” theme for hundreds of years. In nineteenth-century America, for instance, author Mark Twain evidently took interest in this discussion, as the parallels between nature and civilized society are thematic…