Loneliness in America

Have you ever been to a new country and felt small and difference than the rest? Have you ever felt like there was a sudden drop of unpredictability on your shoulders, fearing how the new country would change your life? In the story “The Thing Around Your Neck,” Nigerian Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tells a story of an immigrant girl in that exact same situation. By winning the American visa lottery, Akunna is given the chance to move to America by herself to live with her uncle in Maine. However, after she is molested by him, she leaves to find a job that will not only to support herself but also her waiting family back home. Similar to many other immigrants of color, she experiences the typical things such as ignorance, cultural difference,…

romantic terms, and believes it is a positive thing, a refuge from constantly having to do something. Boredom, on the contrary, is a state of mind that can overcome those forced to remain idle, and has a clearly negative connotation. The point is that idleness does not necessarily mean boredom; can generate positive or negative emotions, depending on the circumstances and your mood. (Full disclosure: I always find myself bored when they are at a minimum in order to avoid the condition as if it…

There are many children who suffer from depression. According to Rama Rao, MD, "It is estimated that five percent of all children suffer from serious depression that requires some form of treatment and intervention by physicians and other health care workers." Many parents don 't even realize their child is suffering from depression. When they see their child sad they often assume it is problems with other friends that will eventually pass. Treatment is rarely sought out and depression is rarely…

4. According to the cognitive model, depression can be influenced by biology, biochemistry, or behavior (reading). Each one of these components is treated as a different level of analysis. Depression is learned, but it can be unlearned; that is, according to Aaron Beck’s cognitive model, depression can be produced through your negative thought processes about the self, future and the world. We refer to this as the “cognitive triad of depression” (reading). These negative biases can lead to…

Hulya Eker Module 2 Reading Response Introduction and Questions due September 12, Midnight (4 points) 1. Karp states that from the beginning of his life he felt uncertain of himself, he did not believe that he can accomplish the things that are expected from him and he also had sleeping problems. His college roommate named him “weak heart” because he seemed a bit of lost soul. During all those years he did not know what normal and what is not so he just thought himself as more anxious than…

Isolation—the experience of being separated from others—may result from being physically removed from others, as when a person lives in a remote area, or it can result from the perception of being removed from a community, such as when a person feels socially or emotionally isolated from others. Social isolation is distinct from the experience of solitude, which is simply the state of being alone, usually by choice. Taking time to be alone can be a healthy, rejuvenating experience that allows us…

Many people would easily agree that having self acceptance, being successful, and understood are two necessities of having nirvana in one’s lifestyle. Nirvana is a state with total consciousness, and peace one needs have without deep feelings of hatred, or depression. One with depression lives with severe inner sadness, and rejection. Depression would be considered the opposite of nirvana in one’s individual state of mind. In the novel, The Catcher In the Rye By J.D. Salinger, the main character…

1-in-4 Teens "1-in-4 teens deals with depression" read the signs all around the school. It 's an epidemic, looking around on a daily basis i would never have guessed the proportion to be so staggering. But that 's the thing about depression, it doesn 't manifest itself physically, it 's a cold chill that sweeps across the room. The subtle and strangely comforting hand of death hanging to your every action with crippling grip. "1-in-4 teens" is a powerful statistic; the implications of such a…

Many years ago, roughly around the age of 12 I was diagnosed with ADD. I was having failing grades, no friends, even my teacher told my mother and I that I was the worst student she had ever had and that I would never amount to anything. In addition to this I had constant migraines. I think out of 181 days I missed 178 of them because I was at home lying of the floor, in tears, in the blacked out bath room, trying not to vomit everywhere. These incidents are just the start of many issues in…

The author says that there 's no cure for depression, meds aren 't always reliable and mental health conditions are variable over time. Although I disagree with the author. There is nothing that cannot be cured. What the person think is very powerful. If the person have depression, it is just because the person have wrong thinking. Depression is due to sadness, loneliness, negative thinking and other negative feelings. Such people should start thinking positively. If you have a positive attitude…