Gender identity disorder

• What is the speaker’s topic; was it clearly defined? Kelly McGonigal’s topic was about stress and the recent studies that have revealed that stress can actually be helpful rather than harmful. The speaker clearly defined her topic and provided multiple statistics and research findings to help back up her claims. She introduced her topic at the very beginning of her speech by sharing her initial thoughts about stress and how she shared the common belief that all stress is destructive. Although…

Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) is a mental disorder characterized by the presentence of two or more distinct personalities or identities that alternately take control of an individual. A more modern name for MDP is Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). The primary identity tends to be “depressed, passive and often displays feelings of guilt.” (Costello) Each of a person’s split identities often have their own mannerisms, name, and personalities. There is usually a primary identity,…

Dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder, is a severe, persisting pathological mental condition characterized by the presence of two or more unique personalities (http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.4.630). Being tenuously studied, this condition is surrounded by much mystery and controversy arousing a subtle discordance in the psychological community. Attached to this enigmatic ailment are myriads of definitions, theories, and…

Advise should be taken with a grain of salt because someone’s advise doesn’t always fit your situation. Yet sometimes, advice doesn’t need to be taken with a grain of salt because it universally applies to everyone. Yolanda Nava was given universal advise by her mother as she describes in the article “A Deathbed Lesson for Life: It’s All in the Frijoles.” When Nava asked her mother what made her strong, her mother told her that it was all in the beans. Later, when she was making frijoles en la…

Perks of Being a Wallflower is often referred to a “coming-of-age” novel and seems to cover all tribulations and complications that every teenager faces, but are all these themes discussed in the novel actually normal for a teenager to go through? Death, depression and sexual abuse are not uncommon occurrences in society, but they are lot to endure all at once. Charlie goes through or is affected by all of these things throughout the entirety of the text. The death of his aunt and friend, and…

Growing Old It seems that since the beginning of history we have seen explorers and kings search every corner of the world for the fabled Fountain of Youth in hopes that they will stay forever young. All of them failed. Everyone dreads growing older. We shrink from the responsibilities that age brings us in a futile attempt to return to the care free days of our youth. “On Turning Ten” by Billy Collins is a poem focused on the loss of childhood innocence when someone feels that they are being…

The Turn of the Screw had a slew of questions arising from the many mysteries twisted amongst the plot. One of the most intriguing characters was the main character, the new governess. An unnamed governess was sent to watch Miles and his little sister Flora at the Bly Estate after the previous governess suddenly disappeared. She arrived when it was just Flora and the housekeeper Mrs. Grose. Flora was an angelic beauty, always well-behaved and even volunteered to show the governess around the…

As a practicum student at YMCA Finch Scarborough center, I have learned many different techniques when it comes to group facilitations. I shadowed three different employment resource specialists and observed the techniques they used when interacting with clients. I especially enjoyed learning their styles of how they taught clients during workshops. Furthermore, I have practiced and tried their styles of coaching into my own workshop facilitation. For example, before I used to present by reading…

The Beaver is a 2011 dramedy (dark comedy) film directed by and starring Jodie Foster. Written by Kyle Killen the moive also stars Mel Gibson, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence and Riley Thomas Stewart. The story doucuments a man in a mid-life crisis, a boy, a girl, a husband, a wife a father and son and a crumbling family providing a glimpes in to the life of Walter Black, a depressed and trouble husband, the beaver, a hand puppet Walter found in the trash, Meredith Black, Walter’s wife, Porter…

“The greatest obstacle to those who hope to reform American education is complacency.” Just like other immigrants, I am struggling to learn English, and I sometimes doubt whether my struggle will ever end. Despite the many circumstances that I have already overcome, my ability to understand and to write well in English remain my hardest challenge. I am proud of what I already learned and will keep it up as my personal goals. However, English has never been easy for me to improve my skills.…