I had to stay in, stay up and watch her. I could do nothing.’ some participants said that the people they cared for had changed so much because of their illness that they had become unrecognisable, and that these changes added to the burden of caring. One participant said of her son: ‘He is not my son any more. He is just some creature, some monster. I told the social worker, “I am tired, I cannot have my son living with me much longer”.
Vanessa had a very troubled childhood; she used to cut herself because of it. She hated her mom, and as she got older she realized how much she resembled her. She felt useless, and alone, so the cuts got worse and worse as she grew older. Until one day her younger brother walked in on her while she was cutting, and told his grandmother who ended up sending her to the psyche ward. I would definitely recommend Impulse.
She also experienced a lot of mental abuse from her mom, who seemed to cut her down more than anything. When it came to her relationship with Melchior, she just seemed to go with the flow. She kind of got sucked into doing things that she, possibly, may have not done if she would have had a closer, more open relationship with her mom. Wendla longs to feel loved and at one point, even confuses the physical abuse that one of her friends experiences at home as real love and begs Melchior to hit her. She was a very lost child that needed more attention on the home front.
some of the major incidents that I’ll include consist of the depression I suffered from due to isolation, and the terrible and intense arguments I had with my mother. In the end I will talk about how I have been trying to do random acts of kindness for my mother to make up for everything I made us both go through. (Score for Question 3: ___ of 20 points) Fill in sensory details about what happened. You do not need to fill in all five senses if they are not relevant to your topic, but be sure to fill in sight and sound. Answer: I felt very lonely and had low self esteem, I felt like a horrible person whether or not I wanted to admit it to myself.
Feelings I felt extremely miserable at the time and even considered leaving my teacher training course. I was also embarrassed and upset by my own inability to speak in front of the group, but I was also extremely angry with the class teacher for her response in the presence of the learners. I felt afterwards that she had not given me sufficient time to compose myself, and that she should have allowed me to address my nerves. The situation left me very distressed and I rang in sick the following week; it was only when I reflected on the experience that I decided I needed to speak to the placement supervisor. I also realised later that feeling nervous is a natural reaction to speaking in public (Jones, 2000) which made me feel less
Kristina's parents had separated when she was quite young and her father moved far away after the divorce. Her mother, because of her hate towards her ex-husband, rarely gives him the chance to see his daughter. However, Kristina goes to visit him for three weeks and soon realizes her and her father barely know each other anymore. This greatly troubles her, and she finds it difficult to be around him. She is also upset with her mother, who is dating a new man and as a result seems to be a completely new person all together.
We see this in several different ways. Holden seeks out both a mother figure, and a father figure. Holden’s mother becomes sickly and nervous with the death of her child, “She hasn’t felt too healthy since my brother Allie died. She’s very nervous. That’s another reason why I hated like hell for her to know I got the ax again.”(107), and this causes Holden to worry about her, and nurture her more than she nurtures him.
Our relationship was the one that tore me down emotionally and mentally. Although we had my second child, Caitlyn together and some of it was good but most of our time together was bad. Now looking back it was all one big lie to me. With our break up I hit rock bottom as myself, mentally and emotionally. I was so depressed and hated life; in front of my children I would have a fake smile.
My mom bursted in tears she didn’t want to see her child struggle throughout life. She had my brother who was born visually impaired, but not given the news that he was blind. This hurt her so much in her heart it was as if she had her stomach about to go out through her mouth of the sorrow she had. She just kept a smile and prayed to God it was just an assumption. Several years later.
It’s not easy for Connie to live with her mother, who constantly harps on the way Connie looks and how she doesn’t live up to her sister reputation. “If Connie’s name was mentioned it was in a disapproving tone.”[453]. Every time Connie’s mother comments anything about June’s profile, it pushed Connie unconsciously to be nothing like her sister. Mother usually complained about her about habit of looking into a mirror. The narrator states the mother’s resentment of Connie’s beauty because “her looks were gone and that was why she was always after Connie.”[451].