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sniff out explosives.” He paused, but then continued, “they're always looking for nonverbal clues to my mental state. Like how I sit or slouch or something. But how do you sit in a sane way? How do you cross your legs in a sane way? How do you stand? Eat? Breath? It's just…

January, 1933 to May, 1945; a calamitous and tragic time period where six million Jews were taken out of existence. No one could foresee that a demanding, judgmental, and controlling leader was going to take over the presidency of Germany and order for the torture, misery, and execution of a manifold of innocent people. Adolf Hitler, born in 1889, grew up in close proximity to the border of Germany and eventually led his way up the political chain and became chancellor in 1932. From being…

Almost everyone has no idea what the difference is between a nightmare and a night terror. Nightmares are when they wake you up from your sleep terrified and alert. In nightmares, you can still remember what the dream was when you wake up, and sometimes for a longer period of time. Night terrors are short, after dark episodes that cause extreme terror and panic. Most of the time you can't even remember what the night terror was about. When Broughton started an investigation on nightmares, he…

could not come to comprehend why he would do such a thing. I communicated the incident to my boyfriend, and he asked if I was okay. I said I am sad, but I do not know what to feel. We discussed in depth if I should attend his funeral. Chris is a great man and understood I needed to have closure and go to John’s funeral. When I gave the news to my family, they were shocked. They immediately thought it was wrong to attend his funeral because he was a part of my past. My father and grandfather…

lipstick trap with which Cora snared him in the first place. Maybe his confinement in the wheelchair and bandages and criss-crossed shadows are like the tangles of a spider’s web. Could this femme fatale be a spider woman, like the black widow who would entangle and poison and eat her…

eyes and struck out blindly, hitting what or whom he could, not looking or caring what or who hit back.” Bigger became afraid and attacked Gus so he did not have to do through with the robbery. He cut the pool table because he was afraid that the man was going to shoot him, but he used violence to mask his fear. He came up with the…

As soon as Miss Claudine positioned herself behind the curtain for a demonstration, Becca stole another glance at Blake’s table. She could almost see him there smiling at her. Before long, the dancers were all back in the dressing room changing. Once in their costumes with their hair and make-up finished, they sat down in the chairs against the wall waiting to be called out on stage. Becca tried blocking out the random conversations going on so she could think about how she felt when first…

My life is perfect, I have the perfect family, the perfect friends, and the perfect house. I was thinking to myself. School just started for the day and I was sitting in homeroom. It was a beautiful Thursday morning and I couldn 't wait for the weekend because my family and I always go to the pumpkin patch. The bell rang and the teacher walked in. A couple minutes later the announcements came on the loudspeaker. Blah, blah, blah, I thought to myself. Announcements were so boring, all they…

There are experiences that will distort your self image for example Precious is treated very badly by her mother for example she forces her to eat, she allowed her husband to rape her, she isn’t there for Precious and she doesn’t show compassion towards her. These experiences have threatened Precious’s self image as she has a low self esteem and thinks she is worthless. The therapist helps Precious…

Dysthymia is another term for depression that is long lasting or chronic. This is not the same as major depressive disorder, in that people that have it can still function, but never find any inner peace or happiness. No one really can understand what causes dysthymia for sure. It could sometimes be related to changes that are hard to deal with in life, or other stress factors. Other times it can be from lack of serotonin getting into the brain. Serotonin is a type of neurotransmitter that…