Nail biting

going home and reading to my grandparents or playing with anyone at recess or biting my nails when I was made to talk in front of my classmates, but I know I did. There are pictures of elementary school me with big smiles and bitten down nails. There’s this memory I have of writing my name in cursive and being told, rather harshly, that I was not to do that again because we were not being taught that. I remember biting my and nodding and struggling to remember cursive letters in later years.…

getting drunk, trying new things. These are all examples of things people wish to adjust about their lives. I have made my own checklist. Ambitions for myself in the upcoming 2018. Trying new things, eating healthier, dancing more, and growing my nails longer. Let's see how I do, shall we? My first resolution is trying new things. Trying new things is always burdensome but there is a certain fulfilment in knowing you have tried something completely different and out of your comfort zone. I mean,…

Learning: Classical and Operant Conditioning Learning changes our behaviors, usually for long term, and our thoughts. The process of learning is adaptive based on our experiences. Learning is the ability by which we achieve goals and dreams. It affects us and the people around us, allows us to develop personally, lets us live a better quality of life, and leads us to opportunities and rewards. Most of learning can be encompassed by classical and operant conditioning (Lilienfeld, 2014). Classical…

Karla is a healthy as she has never had any health concerns, history of disease or disabilities. She does describe that she does have anxiety every now and then but it does not affect her daily functioning. The anxiety she has, contributes to her nail-biting problem she describes. Karla went on to say that even though she does not have any health concerns, diabetes runs in her family as her dad, aunt, and…

Declawing Cats: It Should Be Illegal In 2015 New York lawmakers considered a bill to ban the practice of declawing cats. The proposed legislation caused many debates amongst veterinarians, animal behaviorists, and pet owners as to whether or not it should be illegal. Onychectomy or declawing is a procedure where the toe bones and attached claws of a cat are amputated through a surgical operation. Advocates of declawing cats argue that it is a necessary procedure to provide cats a better chance…

The signaficance of the novel is massive. The boys are all isolated on an island; where nobody knows they are. Golding writes, “At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes i=on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate”(cover). The main characters, Ralph, Jack, Simon, and Piggy, do not know eachother very well; the first time they met was just after the conch was blown. The setting though is a sense…

to mark territory, relieve stress and for stretching (61). Although scratching drives an owner insane because they ruin everything they put their claws on its very good for them to claw things, it’s a need for them. They do it to freshen up their nails and keep them sharp like licking they are grooming the claws. There are other options to consider to stop a cat from clawing furniture besides declawing them; the owner could teach them by spraying them with water every time they claw or to…

In Sean Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, sharpening the saw is labeled as “self-renewal, self-care, self-respect and self-improvement.” It is a habit that allows us to live up to our expectations and successfully attain all the other 7 healthy habits in the book. In the cartoon series The Berenstain Bears, evidences of sharpening the saw are seen through the episodes Too Much T.V, Too Much Junk Food, and The Bad Habit. In the episode Too Much T.V, sharpening the saw is displayed by…

I shove my headphones into my ears and turn up the song I 'm obsessed with, Tainted Love by Marilyn Manson. I light another cigarette then neared off to the park where I can be alone. ~ I push the snow off the bench and plop down. The park is quiet and lonely; no one in sight except for me. I look at the jungle gym and study the frost on the bars. I wish for a damn miracle. I twirl my foot in the snow making an imperfect circle. I switch positions and feel the papers in my back pocket; I take…

Behavioral therapy will pair an unwanted consequence with the behavior that you don't want to repeat. This kind of conditioning is meant to turn the person away from the bad or unwanted behavior. What is Aversion Therapy? During aversion or behavioral therapy, the person is asked to engage in the behavior or think about the habit while they're being exposed to something unpleasant. As the person thinks about the habit or engages in the behavior, they are exposed to unpleasant experiences.…