General anxiety disorder

It always looked like that my cousin Sean worried a lot and was a worrier. He often felt uneasy and restless he couldn't relax. At times it would come and go just like that, in seconds. But then it would be there constantly, series of thoughts and emotions. His behaviors wouldn't stop for hours even for days. He would constantly worry and for minor things "would he like the gift","will people like the shirt i have on." For him it became difficult to let things go and move on and would easily be scared. Restlessness and sleepless nights was his usual things. There were times when he would wake up middle of the night sweating and trembling for no reason at all. He was an active person but would loose track of what he was doing. He would read and forget he was reading. At time he would feel light headed and his heart would start pound rapidly. Just hearing his hear beat fast would make him worry more. Sean would always imagine things worse than they really seem to be. He often missed school and work, and it seem there is nothing he can do he would worry more when he misses both. Doctors told him they cant find nothing wrong internally and say that its stress.

Schizophrenia

This story is of a a girl name Lisa. Lisa was born on February 19 1988. When she was growing up she took care and helped her grandmother who suffered schizophrenia whom later died. After the death of her grandmother she suffered anxiety. After a year it was getting worse. Lisa couldn't sleep, she would go weeks without sleeping. When she did sleep she said she would have nightmares about her grandmother dying. She would have panic attacks an  now beginning to have hallucinations. Lisa would see people and things that only she could see. She would constantly hear whispering voices in her head and all around her. Lisa said that the first time she heard a voices that the voices would tell her nasty things. These voices had now developed into an imaginary character. She would say that this voice would make her miserable, annoyed and scared. One day Lisa was waiting for the bus when she started to cry hysterically and almost got hit by the bus because of not paying attention. Lisa would neglect herself, not bathe or keeping herself clean and no one knew why. Some say that she lost it due to the lost of her grandmother and that it was hereditary but no one know for sure. As to Lisa she couldn't take it all she committed suicide.

Muscle Dysmorphic

Every time Mark passed in front of a mirror he would flex his freakishly large muscles. " When I walk into a room full of people I want heads to turn and all the attention drawn to me!," Mark said. Indeed people noticed his 235 pound five foot ten inch body frame. But what people didn't know or see was the psychological and physical turmoil going inside him. Why was he so big ? but it was six years of steroid abuse and he struggled with muscle dysmorphia, which is the dissatisfaction, unrealistic expectation of body size. Mark lifted weights because as a child he was constantly being teased and picked on. He started weight lifting ordinary. He ate right and exercise daily and still hitting the gym. But Mark wanted more he wasn't satisfied, but what he was looking for wasn't sold in stores. So he had to turn to anabolic steroids, drugs derived from male testosterone. Mark's appearance was most important to him and constantly compared himself to others. He would say " Is that guy bigger than me?" He was never satisfied and Mark's steroid use escalated. He had started to take steroid orally but now he was bumped up to injecting steroids. The drugs took their toll on him. He began to loose his hair, acne was popping all over his body. I got worst he had chest pains this was when he slowed down and he began to develop breast. Now Mark has changed he is leading a clean life and now is healthy.

Depression

I have probably suffered from a form of depression since I was about 16 years old. I felt my world was falling apart. My mother had just died and my father was a drunk. He was constantly in and out of bars and abusing me. During that time i was looking after my two little sisters one is 3 and the other is 6. When another disaster struck. I was rocking my 3 year old baby sister in the hammock when she fell and hit her head, my baby sister received massive head injuries and died two weeks later. I started to blame myself for my sisters death and was now feeling i was to blame for my mother's death. I didn't want no one close to me not even my other sister. I felt if she came near i would have harmed her so i kept to myself. My father would come home and tell me i was nothing and would degrade me. I felt i was worth nothing and would constantly cry for no apparent reason. All of a sudden i withdrew from my friends and what i loved the most my volleyball. I had no energy to do anything, and what made it worst that my father didn't care how i felt. When i turned eighteen i was constantly abusing drugs like Valium, marijuana and other antidepressant. Many a nights i would sit on my roof top contemplating suicide. I felt that if i had died no one would care or miss me. I had already dropped out of school and was heading nowhere and quite fast too. Because of past events and was abused. Now i am twenty two years old on medication in a rehabilitation center.

Anorexia

Clara is a 18yr old girl living in the town of Benque. She is a young and beautiful young girl.She has alot of friends and quite smart.Clara has a bright future ahead of her, but due to the ever changing world she doesn't want to be a doctor, or a lawyer, or even a teacher. No she wants to be a model, a super model to be exact. Now Clara has made up her mind and has set her path to obtain her dream. Several months have passed. Now that she has taken up her new career as a super model, it has completely changed her lifestyle with friends, family and even herself. Clara wants to get to that perfect supermodel body, size zero. Her family is a bit scared and frighten of her new appearance and have noticed her behaviors. She has now refused to eat and she denies her hunger. She doesn't eat anything at all and is in constant dieting. She now overworks her body with excessive exercise. She works out everyday at least three time a day and what makes it worst she doesn't eat, in so doing she damages her body. People who are close to her has noticed her constant dizziness and from time to time fainting. She has confessed to her boyfriend of her constant abdominal pain and that she hasn't seen her period on a regular basis. Because of this her boyfriend has begin to reject her. Most men dream of being with a supermodel, but the models that has made it already. A few months later Clara obtained her goal of having a super model body of size zero, but it came with a price: she is dead.Because of what she thought and the society's view of beauty a beautiful young lady died.

emotional iq

Emotional IQ Test - Free Results

How well do you know your own emotions?



Understanding our emotional strengths and weaknesses is necessary to affect change and growth in our lives. Intelligence allows us to comprehend and internalize the world around us, but without emotional intelligence we are unable to handle the many pressures, roadblocks, and challenges that stand in the way of our goals. Awareness of our emotions is the first step to living a more balanced and focused lifestyle.





Know Thyself...

Knowing your emotional weaknesses allows you to alter your lifestyle to improve your social interactions, time spent with family, problems in your relationships, communication between friends, workplace attitude and efficiency, emotional stability, and many other daily situations in which your emotional aptitude is utilized and challenged.



Your Weakest Emotional Category is:





Empathy



Recognizing your emotional strengths is equally important. For example, strong assertiveness can be positive, assuming you are not domineering in conversations and relationships. Strong empathy can be beneficial, as long as you don't put the interests of others before your own well-being. Moderation is the key to successfully handling your emotions.



Your Strongest Emotional Category is:





Self-Reliance



What are the categories of Emotional Intelligence?





•Empathy

•Positivity

•Openness

•Personal Self-Awareness

•Social Self-Awareness

•Confidence

•Motivation

•Emotional Expression

•Emotional Balance

•Assertiveness

•Self-Reliance

•Pressure Performance

•Social Awareness



 

stress

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Your Assessment: According to your answers, 6 out of 20 possible stress symptoms are not a problem for you, for a stress symptom score of 30 percent.






You appear to have many stress symptoms.

I q

Congratulations!

Your general IQ score is 132.



A person whose IQ score falls in the range of 129-143 is considered to be "highly intelligent".

self esteem

Your self esteem is at 88%




Congratulations! You have a high level of self esteem! And this is great because the world is your oyster! You are a ray of sunshine and should share your light with the world!

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"Big Five" Personality Quiz




Your Results













Your Score: Moderately High on Extraversion

According to your answers on the quiz, you rate moderately high on the "big five" scale for extraversion. Your score indicates that you have more extraverted traits than introverted traits. Extraverts are typically very sociable, expressive, and dominant. Introverts tend to be quiet, shy, reclusive, and private.

Whi i will be

Goals

• graduating
• study more
• getting my degree
• have a good job

Dreams

• be successful
• have a great job
• have a great family
• be wealthy in health

Roles in the future

• employee
• dad
• friend
• husband

Path to get there- I must work hard and make the right choices. dont get side tracked and keep keeping on.
Obstacles- problems home, get injured, sick,. despite this i must jump each hurdle and grab the bull by the horn.

How I will change the world. I will change the world 1 day at a time. With my smile, my great sense of humor and kindness to others i will pass this on to our younger generation.

Who i am

Likes

• Volleyball
• technology
• food
• hiking
• camping
• fishing
• the outdoors
• comedy

Dislike

• hypocrites
• odor
• sea food and anything from the sea
• veggies

Hobbies/activities

• play volleyball
• use to collect stamps
• play any sports

Talents. not much

• excellent volleyball player

Characteristics

• very impatient
• funny
• have a great sense of humor
• loud
• get angry quick

strength: i can use my strengths to help others. for example people that are in need.

• kind
• care alot
• can take jokes

weakness: i must work hard and try relax

• impatient
• get angry quick
• aggressive
• ill tempered

Current role- i am the baby, friend, student, team player

WHO I WAS

My name is christopher j pook. I currently live in corozal. I lived for 17 years at Belize city. I attended ST. Ignatius primary school one year at All Saints primary. I began my high school studies at all boys school name ST. JOHNS COLLEGE.I had to do 3rd form all over because i transferred here to CCC. now i am in 6th form.
Past achievements

• came in first in all my primary classes
• won second in a regional essay competition
• won a festival of arts awards
• awards in math, English, spelling, history, science,social studies throughout my primary school years
• won a award for p.s.e
• awards for scouts
• certificate of achievement in a ceremony
• graduated from primary school with top honours
• was on the honor roll at S.J.C
• 1st place award for S.J.C. open day
• best setter for a volleyball tournament
• M.V.P

Past traumas

• My close friend was gunned down in front of me

Happiest moment- moving to corozal
saddest moment- my grandfather died
scariest moment- stayed in the jungle for a night alone
most embarrassing moment- falling down in front of people on stage
life changing moments- problems i encountered in my 3rd year at Johns

People who influence me

• my sister worked- she worked hard and made it to university
• my dad- was the eldest and had to provide for his siblings

Role models

• my mom

journal 2

i got back the results from the online quiz. i got all perfect grades on them. I love getting these grades. they showed what i am strong in and what are my weakness. like in the know ur mind quiz i see that in a score between 0 to 31 i always had the score of 15.5 that showed that im borderline for all and its bad because it shows my attitude can easily change. so i need to work on them the grade is good but its not graded on u if it was a grade on you i would fail because my scores for this quiz was horrable.

my values

I VALUE

1.   my family
2.   my mother
3.   my cousin sean
4.   friends
5. my volleyball
6. my ability and great skill
7. my dog
8. technology
9. the ability to make others laugh
10. to be team player
11. the love from others
12. my girlfriend
13. the ability to make great choices
14. someplace i can call home
15. my dad
16. my kindness for unfortunate people
17. to one day be successful
18. to gradute
19. to be well liked by others
20. to have love for all

Questions for precious

1.  The factors that contributed to Precious having low self-esteem are the way her mom treated her, she was insulted, raped by her father and her mom always told her she was nothing and that will be dumb. 
2. precious had low self esteem because she was always embarrassed by her mother and didnt do anything. she allowed others to do her things and tell her things.
3.  Precious used to avoid dealing with pain by using defense mechanisms such as Intellectualization, she used to examine her feelings as if she was someone else. Examples are when she sees herself signing autographs for the people and dancing for a B.E.T. video. Also denial because she couldn’t face the truth. Examples are when the counselor wanted to know things about her and in the household and she would not say anything, also when the principal asked her if she was pregnant and she didn’t say anything. Precious also used Projection when she assigned her feelings to a boy who she says was her boyfriend and her school teacher.
4.  The neurotic needs that Precious over-use were Personal Admiration, when she thought of herself being well-known and dancing on videos. Also, the neurotic need for Affection & Approval, when Precious desires to be liked by others, example is when she is at the hospital and the nurse talks to her. She also wants to be liked and taken by her school male teacher
5. precious raised her self esteem due to her teacher who always talked to her and counsel her. at the end she overcame her sad and emotional and dark moments.
6. Precious at last showed that a higher self-esteem because then she would be with her children, she stopped insulting and she could talk to everyone.
7. i learned from the movie to help the solution and not be part of the problem. and that even your close relatives like your mother can bring you down.
8. i recommend this movie because its and eye opener.

neurotic need

there is 2 types of neurotic needs i over use. they are personal achievement and self sufficiency and independence. personal achievement is when some1 works hadr and hard to achieve highergoals, and fear of failure and also is never satisfied.  i suffer this because when i play sports i never want to do mistakes and always want win the first place trophies. and second place in never enough its win first or nothing. also i try to do it in my presentations. i try hard and work hard to get the most points out of it. this is so because i once dressed the part of a female to get my full point, i went all out for this presentation. and in doing this for my sport and presentations i get aggressive and demanding qualities people tend to avoid. The other neurotic need is the self sufficienct and independence. I always try to do things for my own because i feel if i depend on others it may not work out the way i want. but this tend to push me away from friends.

Defense Mechanism

we have a lot of anxiety thus we have defense mechanisms that are set in place. I have two that i overuse time after time and they are Displacement and Projection. Displacement is taking frustration out on something else and projection is assigning feelings to others. My displacement come from things that i cant get done or get things that i want. It is quite annoying at times but i always do it. For example wen i want to eat something and my parents cook something entirely different i take out my anger out any thing and anybody. I have alot of anger inside much more than anyone should have but i hide it. I would go shoot or hunting to release it. I am not proud of my anger but i would love to think before i act. It will really help the situations i tend to get in. Due to the fact that i have displacement i project my feelings on to others. Its hard to control because of my anger. if i am angry the very next person that i see i will blame them for my anger. Because of this i tend to keep far from people. i will try to change them but its a difficult task. But i mist.

Mistakes pt.1

Mistakes are part of growing up and it makes us who we are. But people dont learn from them and the few who do, try to make the best of them. Its hard for someone though, to not do the mistake twice, but we try no matter the situation we try. Mistakes are often made and the mistakes that really hurt, that twists us inside, that make our heart beats faster are often made in LOVE. We are only humans, but when we do mistakes in love we lose the one that we truley love and that sets us up for tradegy.

PEOPLE

People tend to put on faces for different occasions, why, i don't know. But I tend to do the same its a bit hypocritical but hey its life. Its a must, Its a necessity, and its a way of life. So we go about our lives changing faces or masks. We do it because w want to be loved, be accepted, be wanted even if it means not being who we are or what we feel like and it is sad! But we do wat we must do in order to get ahead in life.