PSY 230 Reflection Essay

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Heather Prince Psy 230 April 14, 2012 Throughout life, I have experience positive and negative environments and people around myself. While I was growing emotionally and physically, my personality was growing as well. I have learned how to deal and handle many situations. My personality has evolved with any positive or negative situation happening throughout my life. I have gain strength and knowledge on how to improve myself, not only emotionally but also physically. Concerning the purpose and meaning of my life, it has changed more in the last 3 years. I really have not looked into what my life was before and what it is now. My purpose now is to live life happy…show more content…
My trait is behavioral dispositions, it shown because I started to follow external forces not just influences. I would observe how other parents were with their children. I also listened to what they wanted for their children. I could not truly observe how a parent should be with their child through my family. My father left my family and disappeared when I turned 13 years old. My mother is work of art; she didn’t really know how to be a positive mother. I observed how emotional and physical parents would be with my friends in school. I did not grow up in superior home. My little brother has a medical condition, which he beat the statics of surviving. I spent most of my early childhood with my grandparents, who are catholic. I enjoyed my time as I remember with them. I was later put into foster homes. I went through 6 of them before I was in a stable one. I hated the world while I was growing up. I really did not show it. Only a few select people knew about what my home life was. I was still striving in my education as well as sports. I was very good at hiding what I was dealing with. I then would hang out with my select friends and watch how their family lives were. I enjoyed every minute I was not home. Once I turned 15, I begged to be returned to my mother, hoping she had changed. I returned home only to walk out of my mother’s house 3

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