Everyone has some form of a relationship in their life, whether it's with friends, a significant other, parents, or something else, and we can’t deny it. Those relationships can either negative or positive. As Aza is stuck in her mental illness, she doesn’t realize that as she travels through her life, the people she’s with have both a positive and a negative effect on her. Aza is in a relationship with Daisy, both positive and negative. To demonstrate this, in the opening scene, Aza and Daisy are sitting at a lunch table, eating lunch, but as everyone joins in the conversation, Aza’s ever-going spiral tightens, bringing her into the world of c. diff, (stands for Clostridium difficile, an infection that affects your colon) which is the …show more content…
To begin, the relationship between Davis and Aza is key to Aza’s OCD improving, for two reasons. At first, Aza says when talking about Davis, “It’s quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see,” (Green, 2017, p.9). Davis also has OCD, which is why he sees the same world that Aza sees, but in the process of seeing the same world, Aza can connect to someone who knows what is going on, not just someone who learned about it. This improves her OCD because she is now aware she isn’t the only person who is going through this struggle. She is no longer isolated. The other way Davis improves Aza’s OCD is through the idea that everything has to get worse before it gets better. Aza and Davis hold hands, like any two people dating would, but on Aza’s finger, her weakest spot lays there (her habit of pressing her fingernail into the skin). This is Aza giving up the source of her OCD and surrendering it to Davis. This here shows a positive relationship because Aza is giving him her weaknesses because of the trust they have. But, after this, Aza’s OCD voice kicks in, wreaking havoc over her life because she gave her weakness up. Her OCD fights with her own voice saying that, “Eighty million organisms in me forever calm down permanently altering the microbiome this is not rational you need to do something please this is a fix here please get to a bathroom,” (Green, 2017, p. 153). This is the discussion between Aza and her OCD who has become almost like a second person living inside of her head, developing more when Aza gets closer and closer to Davis. Switching gears, Aza only reconnected with Davis for the fact that both her and Daisy wanted leads to the whereabouts of Russell Pickett to get the prize. This places a severe amount of pressure onto Aza because she has a secret that she is forced to keep to herself, knowing that if she were to tell
She opens the callus, drains the ‘infection’ puts a drop of hand sanitizer on it and applies another bandaid. Her over exaggerated thought spiral has been a conflict she’s had to fight ever since she was a little girl. It’s not easy to dismiss the thoughts because “the thing about a spiral is, if you follow it inward, it never actually ends. It just keeps tightening, infinitely” (Green, p. 7). Aza’s friend, Davis—who she is slowly falling in love with—has conflict with another person. That person is his Dad. His dad “was about to be arrested for bribery… but the night before the raid he disappeared” (Green, p. 4). Davis and his father have never been close because his dad is extremely wealthy and that's all he seemed to care about. When Aza found out, she reached out to her old friend Davis to ask how he felt about it, his response was: “my dad’s a huge shitbag. He skipped town before getting arrested because he’s a coward” (Green, p.
In “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy struggles between her desire to be with someone she truly loves and her rational to be with someone who will give her social and financial stability. Ultimately, Daisy chooses Tom over Gatsby as he is the safer option once Gatsby is revealed to be untruthful, showing that she is predominately interested in a steady life.
Angela’s personal relationships with the people who should be important in her life appear to be dysfunctional or nonexistent and offer her no support. Angela’s relationship with her mother, Sarah, is described as being dysfunctional as Sarah is reported to continue to be angry towards Angela for getting pregnant. Sarah’s anger about the situation has caused her to keep Adam’s father, Wayne, out of the picture. Both Wayne and Sarah could be good support systems for Angela; however, neither appear to be so. Angela’s relationship with her father, another potential support system, is nonexistent leaving Angela alone to deal with motherhood in her teenage years on her
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is a psychological disease where the mind forces an individual to perform rituals. In the movie As Good as it Gets, Melvin Udall was an elderly man living in urban New York with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Melvin lived alone in an apartment, where many of his neighbors avoided him. The book Kissing Doorknobs showed another perspective on OCD, the main character, Tara was a teenage girl suffering from OCD. Tara lived in suburban Chicago with her mom, dad, and younger sister. Similarities in the symptoms of the two characters show how related many OCD cases are but also how broad the disease can be.
In the case of Marjorie, she is a 24-year-old, single Caribbean American female who lives in the home with her mother and her two younger sisters. When she was 15 years old Marjorie’s father died. Marjorie is unmarried, has no children, and is employed part time. (Plummer, 2013). Since she had already received a definitive diagnosis of OCD by a psychiatrist, and had been initially prescribed Zoloft, (Plummer, 2013) I would begin by educating her about OCD, explaining that OCD is often shared with other disorders usually treated by mental health counselors such as depression or substance abuse; and explain that its onset usually occurs in the adolescent or college years (Noshirvani, Kasvikis, Marks, & Tsakirvis, 1991). (Spengler, n.d). Marjorie’s onset begun when she was a teenager and escalated once her father passed. As the worker being assigned to her case I would use Exposure theory as well as cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Marjorie is fearful of germs; through exposure therapy Marjorie could face her fears of germs by being exposed in a systematic and secure way to certain objects that she feels carries germs (Spengler, n.d) She could then safely address, dispell and face those fears. Allowing her to slowly move at a pace that is comfortable for her, by
OCD is broken down into two components the obsession and the compulsion. The first component; obsession is when an individual is consistently having these reoccurring thoughts or images about a certain problem or issue in their life. For example; an individual that has OCD can have a constant thought or image about getting sick or dying from the various germs or diseases that people contract every day. So this individual goes to the extreme to make sure that they do not contract any of these germs or diseases. That is when the compulsive component begins. This is when the individual takes these extreme actions to protect themselves from whatever they have these high anxiety feelings about. So continuing using the same example; this individual will consistently clean their homes every day for several hours at a time. They tend to clean their hands several times when out in public and are very tedious about where they go and what they touch while in public. They are also very caution about how they interact with other people. They just take extra steps to protect themsel...
The story “Daisy Miller” is a romance of a love that can never be. The character Annie P. Miller (known as Daisy Miller) is portrayed as a young naive wild yet, innocent girl who want to do nothing more but have fun with the company she please. The story “Daisy Miller” is a lot like The Age of Innocence. In both the movie and the book the leading lady was shunned from society because of their behavior. Both Daisy and the Countess Olenska were misunderstood and out-casted because they were saw as different. These women did not want to conform to what the society thought was proper and good, they had their own opinion and was bold in their time to state it.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is a disease that afflicts up to six million Americans, however all its characteristics are yet to be fully understood. Its causes, triggers, attributes, and variations are still unknown although effective medicines exist to treat the symptoms. OCD is a very peculiar disease as Rapoport discusses it comes in many different forms and have different symptoms yet have many similarities. One sure aspect is that it appears, or at least its symptoms do, out of the blue and is triggered either by stressful experiences or, most of the time, just appears out of nowhere. One example is a boy who's father was hard on him for being affected by the worlds "modern ways", the boy at a high school party tries LSD ( a hallucinatory drug), after that thoughts of whether his mind was dangerously affected by the drug. What seemed like completely appropriate worrying and anxiety turned into attacks of anxiety, he couldn't shake the thoughts that something was wrong with his mind. Essentially he had "his mind on his mind" constantly and that haunted his days his thought were as follows: " did the lsd do anything to my mind? The thought never went away ; instead it got more and more complicated. There must be something wrong with my mind if i am spending so much time worrying about it. Is there something wrong with my mind? Was this from the lsd? Will it ever get better?" (The boy who, J. L. Rapoport 125,126) Dr. Rapoport promptly put him on Anafranil (an anti-depressant, used for OCD, not marketed in the U.
Hans Hubermann and Rosa Hubermann, Liesel’s adoptive family loved her from the start. However, from the beginning she feels closer to Hans than to Rosa Hubermann. Rosa, since the beginning, was a strict parent that showed a harsh temper when Liesel first met her, which demonstrated a poor first appearance. But, Hans demonstrated a friendly attitude by complimenting Liesel and helping her out of the car. Hans also read with Liesel, gave her treats, and made her smile. While Rosa constantly had an attitude and didn’t bond with Liesel. It was difficult for Rosa to demonstrate the same warmth towards Liesel because in the beginning of the movie, Rosa was expecting two children, Liesel and her little brother. However, her little brother died on the train the way there.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a disorder which causes people to develop an anxiety when certain obsessions or compulsions are not fulfilled. OCD can affect both children and adults with more than half of all adults with OCD stating that they experienced signs as a child. People living with OCD display many obvious signs such as opening and closing a door fifty times because they have to do it “just right”. Others exhibit extreme cleanliness and will wash their hands or take showers as often as they can because they constantly feel dirty. OCD devastates people’s social lives as they are fixated and obsessed with perfection that can take forever to achieve. However people living with OCD are often found to have an above average intelligence and typically excel at school due to their detail oriented mindset, cautious planning and patience. OCD can be caused by many different factors such as genetics or the ever changing world a...
middle of paper ... ... It is very important to try to treat OCD and not just ignore it. According to the article, there are certain interactive online activities for children to help treat OCD. These games are played with parents and therapists for the child to have a better understanding of the treatment methods.
Every person in this world is born with an innate desire to be a part of community. In Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson, Ramona was never accepted by her foster mother. This made life truly difficult for her, as it would for anyone. In this novel, Ramona will go through multiple challenges. She will be faced with emotional, physical, and spiritual hardships until she feels she is truly happy in her life.
Daisy even be cause? she loved him so why would she try to be involved in this
Young Yunior has a crush on his older brother, Rafa’s, girlfriend in Nilda,by Junot Diaz. Running from an alcoholic mother, Nilda often spends the night in the brothers’ shared bedroom, unbeknownst to their unsuspecting mother. Forced to keep the mother from becoming suspicious, Rafa and Nilda engage in sexual intercourse while the infatuated Yunior is pretending to sleep in the same room. The conflict occurs as Yunior tries to reconcile the innocent girl he became infatuated with to the new Nilda she becomes through her promiscuous sexual explorations. The conflict resolves itself as Yunior becomes aware that Nilda’s sexual explorations have led her down a self-destructive path which has changed her both physically and emotionally.
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a fictional story of a man, Gatsby, whose idealism personified the American dream. Yet, Gatsby’s world transformed when he lost his god-like power and indifference towards the world to fall in love with Daisy. Gatsby’s poverty and Daisy’s beauty, class, and affluence contrasted their mutual affectionate feelings for one another. As Gatsby had not achieved the American dream of wealth and fame yet, he blended into the crowd and had to lie to his love to earn her affections. This divide was caused by the gap in their class structures. Daisy grew up accustomed to marrying for wealth, status, power, and increased affluence, while Gatsby developed under poverty and only knew love as an intense emotional