Biopsychosocial Interview

Many people seem to fear death, but philosophers such as Socrates and Epicurus would argue that one has no reason to fear it. Socrates sees death as a blessing to be wished for if death is either nothingness or a relocation of the soul, whereas Epicurus argues that one shouldn't worry themselves about death since, once we are gone, death is annihilation which is neither good nor bad. Epicurus believes that death itself is a total lack of perception, wherein there is no pleasure or pain. I agree with Epicurus because Socrates doesn't give a sound argument for death as a blessing, whereas Epicurus' argument is cogent. I would also argue personally that death is not something to be feared because, like Epicurus, I see no sufficient evidence

The couple that I interviewed for this assignment was my mother, Lisa, and stepfather, George. Lisa is 49 years old and originally from West Orange NJ. George is 54 years old and is originally from Wayne NJ. They both live together with their seven year old, special needs son, Colin, in Little Falls NJ. Lisa has a daughter, Alicia, 26 from a previous relationship. George does not have any children from previous relationships. For both, this is their first and only time being married. Currently they are both unemployed and Lisa is on permanent disability due to a knee replacement that became infected and stayed infected for the past two years. They receive government assistance for housing, food, and cash assistance.

Some of us come to term with the reality that everything in life is temporary, and that one day we will all die. But sometimes people face hard time facing the reality of death because is never easy to accept not breathing one day. Some people fear for a good reason because once someone dies there is no coming back and not knowing what happens in the afterlife makes dying even more painful. The sad thing about dying is that one never knows when they will die, which is why someone people hate thinking about dying because it makes them overthink when they will die. Everyone face the reality of death differently

Fear of the unknown, and fear of what is to come in our lives, has generations of people wondering what will our lives be like tomorrow or the next day. Death is always there and we cannot escape it. Death is a scary thing. Our own mortality or the mortality of our loved ones scares us to the point that we sometime cannot control how we are dealing with such a thing as the thought of death. Why do we fear such a thing as death? We don’t know what happens after we don’t how it feels. The fear of death is different for most but it is most certain to come and we cannot hide from it. For death is just around the corner and maybe it’s will come tomorrow or the next day! We fear not death but the unknown that comes from death, that is the scariest thing about death.

The purpose of this clinical interview was to gain a deeper understanding of how a student conceptualizes the learning process through development. The goal of this clinical interview was to engage in a channel of communication with a beginning college student to inquire about educational experiences that would provide the necessary facts to connect significant educational concepts covered during class lectures, theoretical presentations, and assigned readings. In my efforts to accomplish this interview, I constructed several questions for my interviewee that seemed appropriate and in line with the theories and/or concepts that interested me the

I interviewed a man from Somalia his name is Ali Jira. Since he was 24 in 2013 he experienced tiredness, frequent thirst, frequent urination and increased hunger. Suddenly In 2015 he was terribly sick and then he immediately went to Hospital for treatment. In the Hospital he had received treatment, and he was diagnosed with diabetes. He had been interviewed by a Doctor about when the symptoms had started. He answered that he had pain since 2013, so he did not know his sickness for two years. The doctor recommended him that he had to check up his blood sugar level regularly. After he received treatment for his diabetes, he changed his meal planning. He usually eats only 4 slices of bread per day, and 1 cup of skim milk. He regularly eats less

Why do we fear death? Perhaps it is the sense of finality which accompanies the occurrence of death. Another possibility could be regret and shame for some things we have or have not done. Maybe it is the thought of departure from your loved ones. No matter the reason, we all have at one point in our lives feared death. In his novel The Death of Ivan Ilych, Leo Tolstoy teaches us that despite its inevitability, we should not be afraid of dying. By living a morally correct life, and not one of falsehood, we will be prepared for our end, and not dread it.

From a strictly logical perspective it is irrational to fear death, if however emotions are taken into account then death seems "scary". As Lucretius points out, when we are alive death cannot harm us, and when we are dead we cannot feel the pain of death, so to fear death is illogical. People fear death because they feel they may not accomplish everything they wanted in their life, yet if it is not for death, people would not have a driving force to motivate them to do everything they wanted. If a person lived a life where they did accomplish what they wanted, then there is nothing more to do, so they should welcome death, an peaceful sleep. If a person lived a terrible life, he too should welcome death, since his life was so bad, and death

As your psychologist, it will be a pleasure for me to advise you on the various changes that might affect your teenage child as well as how to build a strong relationship with your child to help you better cope during development. At the age of fourteen, the stage that your child will be at may vary depending on the gender. There is only a guideline to refer to that states when a child becomes a teenager one may experience over the next few years some changes in their body. Consequently, varying emotional response from the child as a result to these changes will be noticed. However, as a parent it is imperative that you advise them on such. Therefore your child may have a better understanding when they approach

Being afraid of death seems to be another irrational fear, even though there is a real danger involved. One can be afraid of a slow death or a painful one, but since it is a certain future that is waiting for every living thing, death does not count in the rational fear list. It may be logical to associate the fear of death with religion and the promise of the afterlife as a method to overcome the fear. One cannot say there is no afterlife, but who knows if that is an escape that human minds created in the hope that death is just the end of the body not the end of the

The second of the four big ideas is: the biopsychosocial approach. This approach involves how we view human behavior. Human behavior is split into three categories: biological, psychological, and socio-cultural. Biological behavior is the behaviors and genes that we inherit, for example eye color, skin color, height, etc. Psychological behavior is the study of the behaviors between the mind and the body. This type of behavior helps people learn why humans behave the way they do and what patterns, if any, can be found in those behaviors. For example, psychological behavior might be used to study why someone bites their nails when nervous or pulls out their hair when afraid. The last type of behavior is socio-cultural. Socio-cultural

I feel that when it is your time to go, you are going. That’s really the only belief that I have about death. Explain how level of death anxiety may be impacted by gender, age and mental health. Death anxiety in gender, women tend to have higher death anxiety scores than men on self-report scales. This does not mean that women get excited over everything it’s just that men usually tend not to show any emotional feelings about an emotional situation. Death anxiety in age, death anxiety is higher in adolescents and early adulthood. Then it decreases as we settle in life and by the time we get old anxiety gets higher again, by the time you reach seventy your anxiety will go back down. By this time in life you start looking forward to death. Most of your friends maybe dead already, your parents, siblings, and spouse by this time may already be deceased so in a way you have embraced death at this point. Death anxiety in mental health and illness, death anxiety is higher in people with diagnosed psychiatric conditions. Selective attention is when you have so much going on and you get distracted. You are not trying to avoid anything your mind is just on somewhere else. Selective response is when a person has thoughts about death but they choose who they want to talk to about it. Compartmentalizing is when you realize and understand that he is in a life-threatening situation and choose to respond to some aspects of the illness. Deception is when someone

How will I die, huh? That’s a good question. Am I afraid of death? Yes, I suppose everyone must be, to some extent. But is death anxiety a good thing? Probably not. Anxiety has such a negative connotation. I should try to get over it. Then again, death sounds adverse as well. Would the two negatives cancel each other out? No, I suppose not. They’re not true negatives. At least, I should hope so.

Death is a familiar thing to most of us, whether you’ve had a loved one pass or have seen a lot of pain. The reason I picked this topic is because of all the ways and things that can happen, in our lifetime, what is the most scariest thing people have trouble with and death popped into my head. I asked the question, ‘Are you afraid of dying?’ My belief was that the youth would be less likely to be fearful of dying compared to the older populations I interview and researched. I believed that the youth would see it as a long time away and would be more focused with living rather than focusing on something they can’t control. I believe that the elderly would have a bigger problem with death because of all the problems that come with old age. As you age everything becomes closer and is more realistic.

Throughout my entire life I have never really given much thought to the subject of death. To be more accurate: throughout my entire life I have never allowed myself to give much thought to the subject of death. Both of my parents are very easy going, optimistic individuals so death was not a subject that was ever really touched on. The only times that I really remember discussing it was in church (and I rarely ever paid attention to this). Despite this lack of contemplation, I have always known that I am very anxious about death, so when I filled out the attitudes towards death and Leming 's fear of death survey’s I was not in the least surprised to find that my answers coincided with high death anxiety. Death anxiety is defined in the textbook as emotional distress and insecurity when faced with reminders of mortality (Kastenbaum, 2012). This is an extremely accurate description of the way I react to death. As stated in the attitudes towards death survey, I don’t like to talk about my own death, nor do I like it when my loved ones try to talk to me about their death. When the subject of dying arises I am automatically overwhelmed with feelings of panic and try to change the conversation. It has been shown that women in general have a higher death anxiety (Kastenbaum, 2012) and I am also a very anxious person in general so these probably contribute to it, however, from taking this course I have learned that the biggest contributor is my thoughts about the meaning of death.