Living, Loving, and Learning: Buscaglia Reflection

He was often punished when his brothers weren 't, even if they were doing the same thing. He was able to be adventurous but instead was stuck with guilt. Throughout his years he also faced the emotional toll of abuse in many ways. One way his mother did this was by no longer calling him by his name, and not referring to him as a human. Dave states in his book, “that death would be better than my prospects for any kind of happiness. I was nothing but an “it”.” Children and adolescents go through a stage where they are trying to figure out who they are. With an abusive mother who takes away your identity it would be really hard to figure out who you are and you would be confused on what roles to play. Erikson’s stages emphasize family and culture. Erikson noted that psychological conflicts, especially in childhood within families, affect people lifelong.

of makes him not want to go ahead in the journey to reinvent himself and find who he really is

When I was getting bullied, he showed me how to ignore them as if thay weren't there. He taught me how to be independent. In doing so, I saw something new. I experienced something I hadn't seen before.

helped me come to terms with something that I had struggled with for 10 years. I was able to express feelings that I had bottled up inside, and discover new things about myself. I was able to develop a healthy coping mechanism and inspire others around me as well as help myself.

sword in his right hand, spanning the full width of the sculpture. These markings are

major factor in his detachment from society. Of course, he does it to himself, and

He was used to live in his brother’s shadow, but when the boat accident happened to them, he was the only one to survive. As he was always indentifying himself the less important one, he considered it was wrong that he was the one who would still have a life. As a result of nervous breakdown, he tried to kill himself with cutting his wrists in the bathroom, fortunately his father found out and save him. Then he went to the psychiatric for four months. When he comes back, there are still issues he needs to deal with.

rebelliousness was another sure thing that caused him to believe in himself too much. He got

insecurities and the loss of his first spouse. During his interview, we discussed his childhood,

bias on this topic. Many viewed him as brave and heroic for his accomplishments; others viewed

He didn't care about what others thought about him, he knew what he wanted and

his father and was isolated from people his age with who he could become friends with and

people believe he was a nut case and a sociopath. I believe he was just a transcendentalist who

was very smart. He had a hard time socializing with girls which caused him much angst.

feeling of being isolated where he lived in a world where everyone was like him.