The Urge Essays

  • Creative Writing: In Isolation

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    Zero awoke to find himself standing, it was not something he was familiar with and he searched his memory for any recollection of it happening before. Quickly he discovered that large parts of his memory were missing, gone were the seemingly endless data bases of information. Quickly he sent out feelers trying for a connection of some sort but he drew a blank. It seemed that where ever he was now, had limited connection capacity. Instead he used his visual feed to survey his surrounding, it appeared

  • Analysis Of First Crush

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    twenties, I had a habit of getting a tattoo after breakup.” As a person who enjoys getting tattoos, I identified with this. I have this same urge to get tattoos whenever something negative happens in my life, but my lack of funds makes it impossible for me to do so. So I could only imagine if I was capable of getting tattoos like this every time I felt the urge to do so, and this is the imaginary situation that was presented in this story. The author turns her body into a roadmap of her failed relationships

  • Analysis of Flavios Home by Gordon Parks

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    Throughout the essay one can see various impressions brought out by Gordon parks rhetorical strategies. Gordon Parks wrote the essay as a way to reach out to the government and other policy makers in the country as a way of urging them to try and urge them to try and improve the lives of the people living in the slums such as the one Flavio was living in. Sent out to write an article about fathers and poverty, and the effect it had on the dreams and aspirations of the lives of the fathers, Parks

  • Urge To End It All Essay

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    Ending it all What causes people to end their lives so soon and yet hurting the ones they love doing so. Many people do not think about the people they are hurting when they do end their lives. Suicide is something that’s going on constantly in today’s society and many people just can’t understand why? Suicide has effected many families across the world. Sometimes when a family member does commit suicide someone eventually begin to feel that it was their fault. It is no one’s fault, people choose

  • Railway Bridge Case Study

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    based on assumptions and not based on data (Taylor and Marr, 2012:8). Taylor and Marr (2012:9), urge that the material used for the construction of culverts also plays an important role when it comes to the lifespan and the performance of a culvert. The designers must make sure that they take into consideration the type of material they are using to construct a culvert. Taylor and Marr (2012:10), urge that project managers or technical officers conduct post-construction inspections that only focus

  • Pedophiles

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    always identified as a pedophile. According to the DSMV in order to be diagnosed as pedophile the urges must be recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving activity with a prepubescent child or children. These feelings or urges must present for 6 months. The misconception of pedophilia makes these individuals feel that they cannot talk to anyone about their urges because of the fear of losing their employment or being criticized by peers and family. Providing

  • The History Of Scientology

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    Developed by L. Ron Hubbard in December of 1953, Scientology addresses the spirit and believes man is far more than a product of his environment (Scientology website…). L. Ron Hubbard coined the term Scientology and defined as “the study and handling of spirit in relationship to itself, universes, and other life” (Scientology website). L. Ron Hubbard started this idea as he studied the human mind following his stent in the Navy. Driven by two tests of life: “Did one do as one intended? And were people

  • The Guide For The Perplexed Maimonides

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    Pathological Gambling, is characterized by irrational urges to continue gambling despite its negative effects (Mayo Clinic Staff, 2014). This disorder may cause someone to gamble, a prohibition that Maimonides draws out from the verse, “Do not withhold that which is due to your neighbor” (Ben Maimon, Description

  • Exploring Obsession and Fear in Poe's Tell-Tale Heart

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    eye. The story deals with reoccurring themes in Poe 's writings such as the obsessions, uncontrollable urges, and death. The obsessions of the narrator start off simply because of the eye. "One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture—a pale blue eye, with a film over it" (Poe,

  • Kleptomania Case Study

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    Schizophrenia, PTSD, OSD, and Anxiety disorder, but have you ever heard of Kleptomania? Kleptomania is not a very common disorder that you would hear talked about on a day to day basis, but it is very real and very costly. Kleptomania is failing to resist the urge to steal things that you don’t need and that and that do not have a lot of value (“Diseases and Conditions Kleptomania,” 2014). Kleptomania is a psychological disorder that was discovered in the 1800’s, there is no known discoverer. In the U.S. it

  • Mindfulness Essay

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    powerful opiate that crosses the blood-brain barrier and produces potent euphoria (Pau, Lee, & Chan, 2001). Impulse control is defined as an individual’s tendency to act on arising wishes or urges (Murphy & Mackillop, 2012). Greater mindfulness has been shown to decrease substance dependent individuals’ urge to use substances (Murphy & Mackillop, 2012). Mindfulness focuses on the emphasis on staying in the present moment, the natural impermanence of things in an individual’s environment, and the

  • Restricted Leg Syndrome Research Paper

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    RLS: Not Just Jittery Legs Twitchy, sore legs and urges to walk everywhere sound like the perfect combination for a good night’s rest. Although not a common condition among people, it’s a daily feeling for some as they go to bed. Restless Leg Syndrome, or RLS, is a disorder that affects millions of people across the world. The disorder is what it is: restless legs. Most people who hear about RLS usually shrug it off; there’s not anything serious about having a little more excited legs, right? Unfortunately

  • John Dewey Research Paper

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    John Dewey defines expression as an “urge from within outwards,” which must be “clarified and ordered by taking into itself the values of prior experiences.” (Dewey, p.64) Those values are elicited through objects of the environment that offer resistance to the direct discharge of emotion and impulse.”(Dewey, p64) He further says that to express is to “stay by, to carry forward in development, to work out to completion.” (Dewey, p.64) Expression, as defined by Dewey, is differentiated from “impulsion”

  • Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God Analysis

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    those who do not undergo a conversion. He explains, “You are in the hands of an angry God.” Edwards’s explanation of this outraged God urges the congregation to undergo conversion fast. Moreover, Edwards uses one last horrific wording to convince the congregation to undergo conversion when he speaks of how some may not escape this dreadful future; this ultimately urges others to hurry in undergoing an emotional conversion. Edwards states, “There are many in this congregation … that will actually be

  • A Case For Tragic Optimism By Victor Frankl

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    infinite. A Case For Tragic Optimism by Victor Frankl states “ With the increase of the imperative urge of hunger all individual differences will blur, and in their stead will appear the uniform expression of the one instilled urge.”The one urge this piece discusses is the urge to exist. The basis of human nature is to avoid mortality. All of the experiences of life will blur and all that remains is the urge to exist. Aspiration in life is the desire for experiences and knowledge before the time of

  • Exegesis On Romans 12: 1-2

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    the church at Rome.“Therefore I urge your brethren, by the mercies of God to provide your bodies a living sacrifice acceptable to God that is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind so that t you may prove that what the will of God is that which is good acceptable and perfect.” Paul shifts in chapter 12 from creed to conduct, from doctrine to duty and from belief to behavior. Paul urges us live out our beliefs. The scripture

  • Understanding Transvestic Fetishism: A Rare Paraphilic Disorder

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    atypical sexual desires, is transvestic disorder. The essential feature of transvestic fetishism is recurrent intense sexual urges and sexually arousing fantasies involving dressing in clothing associated with the opposite sex. Another term for transvestic fetishism is cross-dressing. A diagnosis of transvestic fetishism is made only if an individual has acted on these urges or is evidently distressed by them. In other systems of psychiatric classification, transvestic fetishism can also be considered

  • Descriptive Essay On Beautiful Death

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    more exquisite. The urge, the urge to kill her-the urge to puncture her skin. The urge to twist and scrape and gore her. To impale her stomach, cut her open. The urge overwhelmed me. I slunk next to the wall, over to the mass of her sleeping body. The beautiful body that would soon be mine. I turned her onto her back, her olive skin tone stunning me. Her skin shone as it reflected the moon. And as I stared at her longer, longer, longer, I realized that the urge, the urge to kill her had taken

  • Hypovolemi A Case Study

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    client’s blood results. With hypovolemia, your cells are fluid and electrolyte deprived and can either cause the lysing or crenation of your cells. One of the causes of hypovolemia is frequent loss of fluid, which coincides with our client’s diagnosis of urge incontinence. One of the electrolyte imbalances that our patient had was hypokalemia. Hypokalemia is a potassium level that is lower than the normal range or 3.5. Mild symptoms of hypokalemia include, abnormal heart rhythms (dysrhythmias), especially

  • Split

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    include obsessions which are urges, intrusive thoughts, or doubts (Veale et al., 2014). These symptoms can be seen. through the sands of Dennis? fidgeting with objects in Dr. Fletchers office in order for the area to be tidy, his. constant need for the girls to have clean clothes and a clean room, or his obsession with watching young girls dancing naked. Dennis - What is a 'Dennis'? Obsession with watching young girls dance naked is an example of an obsession, an urge repeatedly entering the mind