Caring In Personal Life Case Study

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4. Describe the role of caring in your personal life. How does your family express caring (with gifts, in words, through touch, by spending time together, or in other ways)? How do you express caring for others? How do others care for you? How does caring relate to love and intimacy? How has your relationship with your parents and/or siblings and other family members changed since you started college? Each individual craves acceptance, especially from those they love. Having even just one person that cares can give someone a will to live and a person to love back. In my case, the care that my best friend gives to me and that I give to her holds our relationship together. My family expresses caring by spending quality time together at meals, …show more content…

Have you experienced depression, anxiety, loss, crisis, or traumatic events, such as divorce or death, in your life or in the life of your family? Briefly describe this event(s). How did you cope with it? What effect(s) did it have on you and/or your family? How has this event(s) changed your life? From our readings in this dimension, what would Parker Palmer say is the value of these experiences? Ever since I was in sixth grade, I have had severe depression. I was sexually assaulted by a coworker this past July; have watched three grandparents, three aunts, two uncles, and multiple cousins die; and have witnessed the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina as I tried to rebuild my family’s homes and lives. Depression has led me to dark places but has also improved my personal understanding. I am currently in counseling at Baylor and have already improved my outlook by working through terrifying memories. I constantly live in the past, dwelling on memorable and usually traumatizing events. The assault certainly worsened my condition, but I was able to cope through prescription anti-depressants and therapy. Ever since that event, my parents have become more protective of me and constantly call me to make sure I am safe. Their paranoia shows their care but makes the situation worse because I am constantly reminded of that man abusing my

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