Mathematical anxiety

Rosy Red Petals BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP… Briana opens her eyes as she hears her alarm clock ringing in her ears. She then jumps right out of the bed before it flips her over. It is 6:30 A.M. and she needs to get out of the house by quarter till 8 at the latest. She is dragging herself into her shower booth, luckily the bathroom is already steamed up for her. She takes a quick twenty-minute shower and runs downstairs in her robe to start her kitchen to make her breakfast and lunch. She stares at…

Psychology may be understood to others in different ways and perspectives. At first , my presumption was overlooked but I now appreciate the value of psychological well-being. How my past, present and future experiences can manifest many characteristics that I misunderstood in the beginning . I’ve realized the fear I had to look past my childhood experience and keep moving forward. In this paper, I will carefully dissect every aspect of my psychological understandings in personality, memory ,…

Starting at age 5 Marie was abandoned by her mother and emotionally and mentally traumatized by her adoptive parents. Progression into age 14, feelings of depression and anxiety over not being able to escape this life she was in and along with the continual struggle over who she was allowed for the development of both depressive and anxiety filled mood disorders. At age 16 Marie attempted to take her life, thus forcing a social worker to place her into a mental ward. Which would later consume…

on whether the search for more and better material goods will make them truly happy and can wonder if they, like Bukowski, perhaps spend a little too much time devoted solely to pleasure. Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis taps into many Americans anxieties about constant thankless work, the need to provide the best for their families to prove their social status, and the…

The dark sky and persistent raindrops on the windshield made the drive to Duquesne University especially glum that Tuesday morning. I felt a particular sense of being shadowed as I walked from my parked car down to Lieberman Hall for our class discussion of detective fiction. When I reached the building, I realized that I had forgotten my key to enter. Thankfully, a man who looked to be my professor rounded the corner and unlocked the door for me. As I passed through the doorway, I turned around…

For the pseudostuttering activity, my partner and I, Courtney, went to the mall one afternoon. We chose the mall since it is a typical place for someone to go, and a place where retail workers are used to interacting with people and getting questions asked like, “where can I find X?” and “how much is Y?” The first place I started out at was Dillards, where I asked a retail worker where the dresses were. Right before the interaction I was feeling somewhat nervous, since this was my first time…

My mother drove me to the airport, the windows rolled down and the 75 degree air mixing in the car. I was wearing a white sleeveless shirt and a pair of light blue shorts. I had a small jacket in my bag for when I got off the plane, some books and my small iPod. I was moving to Forks; a small town in the north part of Washington state. I haven’t been there in years, not since I was 13 to be exact. It was the town where my dad (Charlie) lived, I used to spend summers with him, but I haven’t in…

under stress and pressure. College exams are not only one of the most integral parts of the college experience that brings in a lot of stress for students but actually cause a lot of pressure as well. This pressure eventually gets translated into anxiety that then again leads to nervousness and will eventually fully develop into exam stress. Even with adequate preparations it can still spiral out of control with not having enough time or studying the wrong material. Preparing for an exam is just…

The term “stress” is commonly thrown around and used to describe a negative feeling, but it is important to note that many activities/occupations require some degree of stress. Goals and dreams are transformed into reality through the sphere of stress, as people realize that coming face to face with what is considered difficult is what allows them to live a healthy and active life. Stress is needed on a day-to-day basis, but what occurs many a times is a person’s inability to handle the great…

This assignment concluded keeping a daily log of my stressors, my stress response, and how efficient my coping strategies were. Overall, I experienced a stressor most days. In particular, most of my stressors where acute stressors. My stress responses were rather negative but I managed to handle them alright. I would usually distract myself by calling a friend or doing something other than what I was doing to give my mind a break. Out of the 10 day period, I experienced the most stress from…