Divided: A Short Story

Mental disorders can hinder a person’s ability to make proper decisions and therefore influence their lifestyle, behavior, and actions in most situations. Triggered by Fletcher Wortmann is a memoir about the negative effects of obsessive compulsive disorder can have on a person. The mental state of a person with obsessive compulsive disorder is one of uncertainty most of the time. Though a mental disorder determined many decisions in his life so far, his goal is to prove that mental disorders do not define who a person is. Through long stories about things that typically wouldn’t matter to an average person, it is clearly evident Wortmann is a male author who is very young, but also not as experienced. There is a specific writing style to

Jason is a college student and he is taking five classes at once. Even though he knows he has a great deal of homework to do, he waits until the day before it is due to start his work. However, Jason will do a little of his

“Ameen Al-Dalli,16 years old, who will begin his junior year at Langley High School, said he has fallen asleep in class. The high-performing honors student said he has to get up at 5:30 a.m. and be at the bus stop at 6:20 to get to school for the 7:20 start time. Ameen said he aims for a bedtime of 11:30 p.m. but if he has a big test or a paper he might not go to bed until 12:30 or 1 a.m.. At most, he gets seven hours of sleep at night and usually around five or six, he said” (Reddy). This high school student stays up late for his schoolwork and is forced to get up early to get to school on time. On school nights, Ameen Al-Dalli only gets seven hours of sleep at the most. Even though Al-Dalli continues to maintains his grades, the start for

“Wow, finally I can do my homework, ” I kept thinking to myself while giving myself a subtle smile. Thanks to staying after school, I thought that if I ever needed help doing my homework, I could ask any teacher to clarify any questions I had. All things considered, staying after school every day wasn’t what I wanted, the thought of being able to slip into some pajamas was an incomparable feeling, which made me realize, “What if I did my homework right when I arrived home, before Luis wakes up?”-usually, after a night of heavy drinking, he sleeps most of the day, until six when he has to pick up my mother from work. Even so, every time I walked towards the front steps of my house, I always took deep breathes while anticipating that I wouldn’t wake him

"I know I shouldn't pry into your personal business, but I've been your doctor since before you were born. I've seen as you've continued to blossom into a beautiful young lady. Through those years I think I know that you wouldn't be here unless that someone meant something to you, and with saying that.. where is he?"

In many times, people stumble and lose the focus of their lives but for those who never give up can realize their goals that they have set to achieve. When Dan was in California University, he met his first mentor whom he nicknamed as Socrates because he had refused to reveal his name. He met his mentor at a night gas filling station. The name of the mentor was based on the brains that Dan realized the man had, and gave him the name of the famous thinker. Dan Millman is a UC Berkeley gymnast who has everything going for himMillman studies were going on well, and he had gotten a girlfriend called Susie. However, Dan had a problem because nightmares were recurring on his subconsciousness that he was afraid of being fail. Thoes dreams that he

On a typical day, Byron wakes up praying that he has not slept through his morning Calculus class, goes to his Physics class, visits both his professor’s office hours, drives an hour to get to work, leaves work at 11PM, drives an hour to get home, and stays up until 6AM doing homework. Byron is in a vicious, grueling cycle, but characterizes a man’s desire to provide the best life for his daughter.

“Screw you Ben, at least im not five foot one and 130 pounds,” said Amare.

We all live on this place called earth. Each and every one of us are destined to do great things in this world. We have goals and aspirations that we want to achieve. Some are able to get theirs, before others, but that doesn’t necessarily stop you from claiming your blessings. You have control over your own life. I looked at this story in a biblical aspect. God gave each of us the power of free will. I view the maze as my life. God has placed me at my starting point and it is up to me to start walking through it or sit and wait for somebody to give me that push or else I will I stay there forever. I have to search for what I want. It will not be handed to me . In the book I view the maze as the four characters life as well. In the beginning each of the characters were ecstatic to go through the journey of the maze. They were exciting to search for what they wanted and needed it wasn’t until Hem and Haw learned the hard-way about comfortability. To me the cheese symbolized happiness and your blessings. Your happiness, goals and blessings will not always just sit there. Sometimes they move because they need to. Either you pick up the mindset like Hem and Haw and become arrogant about it or you are like Sniff and Scuffy and know better blessings are coming your way, so you don’t get

“Damn you, and your damn math problem,” she mumbled while slumping into the seat and crossing her arms. If she had thought that she could make the distance, she may have spit on her teacher who continued to look at her with suddenly sad eyes. As he stared at her, he started to wonder why he even bothered. He glanced over to the pair of students at the far end of the room who were talking about something unrelated to math. Another three students were sleeping at various points throughout the room. One student was crushing a sheet of paper into a ball. Its destination was yet to be determined. Daniel figured it

There was a point in time where I had no intention of getting better. My constant visits to the doctor were not that reassuring either. At this point in my life I had stopped caring about anything and everything. Yet there I was the second—maybe third, time that month waiting for the white slip of paper that got me out of classes. My parents sat on either side of me making sure I did not bolt from the room, as they tried explaining to the doctor how much progress they thought I had made. Though none of what they said was true, I still gave them credit for trying. Their lack of knowledge on my mental state was in no way their fault. In fact it was mostly mine, considering that back then they barely saw me during the day, partially

Every event has two sides to the story,in this case it was so much more unexpected. In a neighbourhood where practically nothing happens,everyone knows each other,the houses are pretty and the families are perfect,but every once in a while you must have something break the balance.Its usually an affair or teenage pregnancy scandal, but never has it been this bad.

Cotton. The smell of cotton with a hint of polyester filled the air as sewing machines stitched fabric together in a zigzag pattern. As I sat in the back of Mrs. Kirkland's room, 400 wing, I pondered about becoming a seamstress.

Exams are around the corner and Jacob feels the extensive pressure to perform well. He's afterall an average kid. The only time he likes is when he is asleep. But the joytime soon bleeds into the day. During his mid-term exam he gets drowsy and vindicy in the exam hall. Having

Dan wasn 't 100% sure of the exact moment he 'd fallen in love with his best friend, but he was certainly aware of the moment realisation struck that this was the case. It was like a thousand ton of bricks (somehow) cascaded from the sky, hit him all at once and finally placed his thoughts together. Thoughts that had been so jumbled up and discarded, so shunned and rejected, so confused and hopeless – that he 'd forgotten he even owned them up until this point. Thinking about it, it was inevitable that Dan would fall for Phil – he 'd idolised him in his younger years, he turned to him in times of pain or stress – Phil was his escape from the crappy reality of his life. Then, suddenly, Phil wanted to be in his life as much as he wanted to be in Phil 's, he made Dan feel wanted and of value, which was foreign to him. He was sweet and comforting and hilarious and so unconditionally kind to everyone he came across, how couldn 't Dan be head over heels for him?