Non Normative Events

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Non-normative events represent the third source of developmental influence and are also called critical or idiosyncratic events. Such events do not occur in the same way for all individuals or predictable chronological age. Many of them bring changes that are unique. The main characteristic of these influences on development is unpredictability. Accidents, sudden illnesses, or even lottery awards are some examples of idiosyncratic events that may or may not occur throughout the course of life. In my case, the non-normative event that happened in my life was when a guy that I used to date tried to murder me. As a result, my life has never been the same. Everything happened about 8 years ago when I met a guy from Cuba. In the beginning, I was …show more content…

My daughter was taking math tutoring class, so I arrived in the place a little bit earlier to pick her up. I was in my car distracted, texting a friend of mine and out of the sudden, Jordan, my ex, jump in my car in the passenger side and began to yell at me saying that I did not want to be with him anymore because I was dating another guy, which was not true. So nicely, I told him that I was not dating anybody, and he kept insisting that I was and if I was not going to be his girl, I could not be with nobody else. Furthermore, he also screamed that he was going to send me hell. Out the sudden he grabbed my neck with one hand and my hands with another hand and started to choke me. I do not remember how long it took, but I know that in matter of seconds, I had lost conscious and everything black out, and I felt so in peace like I had not felt before, but it did not last longer. Probably few minutes later I woke up and I had no idea where I was or what was going on, and I saw him next to me. Very ironically he said, You did not die yet? So, he began to choke me again, saying that this time I would not survive and I was going to be with Devil soon. I have not idea from where or how I became strong and I had the strength to fight with him and save my life.Therefore, I could get out of my car and as soon as I got out, there were ambulances and police everywhere. After this scared episode, my life has changed. I began to have bouts of nightmare every night, when I was waking in the parking lot by myself, I always had the sensation that somebody was behind me, chasing me, and was going to attack me. I have became paranoid and afraid from everybody. For many years because of this traumatic situation, I had to go for

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