Empathy

In his autobiography Hunger of Memory, Richard Rodriguez tells his readers about his journey through his education, highlighting his struggles of not feeling comfortable at school, and later, not feeling comfortable at home. He talks about the emotional struggles of being isolated from his family because of his intellect, as well as his long path from knowing “some fifty stray words in English” to being the “scholarship boy” at Stanford University. In his Banquet Speech, William Faulkner…

Girls are unstoppable, but not all girls are aware of that. From the commercial #likeagirl - Unstoppable, Always, states that a “girl 's confidence plummets” during puberty. This will make her “more likely to accept limitations” imposed on her by society. Their theory is girl’s begin to think they can’t do all the activities they want to do; they begin to quit doing the activities they love. But Always, a well-known feminine hygiene company, has begun to make commercials directed towards young…

Compassion is helping out a neighbor and to suffer with them through a hard time. Compassion motivates people to go out of their way to help physical, spiritual, or emotional. The Dalai Lama once said that "compassion is a necessity, not a luxury", and that without it humanity cannot survive. One moment of compassion I have experienced is my father and I helping out my neighbor when he had to get both of his knees replaced. He could not do any yard work anymore after the surgery. My Dad and I…

Compassion Fatigue and Verghese Compassion fatigue is a growing result of working in the medical profession. The definition of compassion fatigue is the cumulative physical, emotional and psychological effect of exposure to traumatic stories or events when working in a helping capacity, combined with the strain and stress of everyday life (American Bar Association). Health physicians, especially those working with terminally ill patients, often become compassionately fatigued from the deaths…

Emotions can be tough to handle and knowing how to feel your emotions even tougher. Masking them or keeping them hidden inside is easier to some than dealing with how they feel. Are you one of those people? Maybe you fear your emotions will take over and you trust your more rational side to keep you going. What is interesting about that is fear is an emotion you are allowing and fear is one of the most negative emotions to have. Search for help Where do you search for help to teach yourself how…

They communicate in their own twang, and stand at the curb with self-assurance. You pass them every day as you walk by. When you pass, you stare straight ahead, they beam, but you do not notice the longing in their eyes. A yearning that is not sensual, more of an aching after the same rainbow lingering across the boarder. It is the first day of school for your children, but not for Sekaj and his sisters for their family is yet to find a permanent place to stay. Sekaj is the youngest and the…

Emotional Breakdown: When I think of the South, the first thing that comes to my mind is country music. Artists like Hank Williams and Loretta Lynn from Country’s golden age, George Jones and Waylon Jennings from the outlaw movement, and contemporary greats like Brooks & Dunn and Alabama float around in my mind like hungry ghosts. To the outsider, it might seem that the South’s literature and it’s music are nothing alike. After all, literature and music have completely different territories.…

“Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem”- William of Ockham. Occam’s razor; A principle in latin which translates to “No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary” (90). In the novel ‘The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time’ by Mark Haddon, the main character named Christopher Boone is a high functioning mathematical savant. It is stated in the back of the book that he “has no understanding of human emotions.” This is false. Christopher has the…

The Cask of Amontillado, a Story of Revenge “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe is a tragic tale of vengeance between two friends. The story uses the first person perspective where Montresor, narrates the story on how he bears a grudge against his friend Fortunato for insulting him. Poe does not disclose the insults but highlights the narrator’s obsession for revenge. However, in the narrative, Fortunato is depicted as kind, friendly and innocent while Montresor is evil. As a resulted,…

I. Introduction: I will open my paper by discussing the first use of the term alexithymia and why it came to be a studied phenomenon. I will give the most general definition (lack of words for feelings) and discuss the initial study in relation to psychosomatic patients. I will also include that, although it was more prevalent in psychosomatic patients, it also occurred in other patients, causing intrigue to further study the concept (Sifneos, 1973). a. Why it is important to study: I will…