Breast Cancer: A Short Story

My maternal aunt gathered us together and we all sat on the couch. She turned to my mother and told us she had cancer. I looked at my aunt and I did not know what to say or how to respond. Three months later, my father received a phone call from his sister telling him that my pregnant cousin, Elizabeth, was diagnosed with leukemia and had to give birth to her premature baby. She and I grew up in the same house in Arizona and what hurt me the most was not being able to be with her during this difficult time. When we went to visit her in Arizona, my dad told us before entering the hospital room that he did not want us to cry in front of her. I was scared to enter. I did not know what to say to her but I knew I had to be strong. We stayed there for the holiday season but we never celebrated the holidays, that was too

When my dad came home that evening he sat me down and asked me if I knew what cancer was. I had an idea so I just nodded my head, he went on to tried to explain to me how bad the cancer was that my mom had been diagnosed with. Seeing my dad so afraid scared me. The fear I felt then led me to realize that I needed to try and hide it because it would only hurt my dad more to see his children so upset. I did my best to help, I tucked my little sisters into bed while my mom was away at the hospital, read them stories and did the best I could at preparing snacks to comfort them. After my mom arrived home and she recovered from the surgery she started chemotherapy. The miserable treatment that attacks the cancer also makes her very ill. Every other week she was sick. Before every bad week I wanted to cry, but that wouldn’t help anyone. Lane and Kenna already were crying, if I cried it could only hurt my parents

One memory that music helped me get through was an altercation with my step dad, who was very mean and abusive towards all of us kids growing up, was a song from Aerosmith. I grew up loving Aerosmith but, when the song "Janie 's Got a Gun" was released I would play it over and over as an escape mechanism. My step-Dad sure didn 't like it and the older I got, I think he knew I was fed up and started fighting back which made him leave me alone.

When the mind is in a fragile or unstable state, music can aid the healing and strengthening processes. In the book A Long Way Gone, Ishmael emphasizes the power of music by explaining the severity of the traumatic events he encountered and how music helped him overcome that. Doing so promotes the idea of “music therapy” and how it can aid mental health. This novel provides evidence that music can not only lift our spirits when we are sad or energize us to push through a tough workout, but continues to affect our mentality which is something that will never wear off and we will never

When I found out my aunt had breast cancer I was devastated because I thought of all of the things we used to do before she died. I remember when I was younger she would take care of me and my brother since my parents would be working or my mom would be at school. When me and my brother was younger she would drag my brother in the wagon and carry me in the wagon since I was smaller then my brother we would go up town and run erands with her we would go to the Piggly Wiggly so she can get groceries, To the drug store so she could get her medicine and the people that worked their would give us some candy everytime we went and we would go to Bonnies when it was open and get a cheese burger. When she would cook she would let me and my brother

People across the globe come together through music. It defines our characteristics and influences our mood in such ways that can be beneficial to our wellbeing. I will create a playlist that will help change a person’s present emotional state to a more beneficial mood. When we’re happy we may listen to upbeat music; when we’re sad we may listen to slower, moving songs; when we’re angry we may listen to darker music with heavy guitar, drums, and vocals that reflect our level of anger. In this way, music can be an effective coping strategy. We can listen to music that elicits emotions we want to feel in a given moment. If we feel lazy and unmotivated, maybe a playlist of up-tempo, energetic songs would be a helpful way to change our mood. The “ISO” (Greek for “equal”) principle incorporates beginning a music therapy session by listening to music that is “equal to” the individual’s initial mood state.  A patient feeling depressed may begin by listening to music with slow tempo that matches their mood.  Songs can be interpreted in many different ways and can generally resonates with the person’s feelings. When going through a break up with a significant other, individuals will listen to melancholic songs that unravel their built up emotions. In some cases, this causes them to isolate themselves more and dig deeper into a negative emotional state. The genre of music that is included in the playlist is mainly alternative rock throughout As the playlist progresses the

I grew up fatherless and my only father figure was a piece of crap. I had been dealing with depression since I was in about the fourth or fifth grade only mild but still there. I had slowly started to deal with it and cope with it when I found that music. It took me to My Chemical Romance, Panic At The Disco, Fall Out Boy, Green Day and a few others. These were the start to my downfall. I was recovered probably just in time by some of my favorite music country.

There was never a question in my mind that music possesses a strong element to help people. It has always been a stress reliever in my life. There is research that supports the belief that music is an instrumental part or impact on a wider realm of physical and mental disorders or disabilities. Music is known to set the mood or atmosphere for all types of situations. There is extensive research completed on this subject.

Tired, stressed, and lonely are just a few words that come to mind. But, a soft melody coming through my half-broken headphones is helping. The song I’m listening to is calming me to the point where I no longer feel so terrible, and I feel encouraged to write this reflection. This, in a nutshell, is what music is like for me today. No matter what mood I am in, there is a song out there that can make it better or worse. Music even makes the most mundane situation seem profound, and that is why I listen to all kinds of music all of the time. Walking campus in the freezing cold becomes a whole lot more bearable with a good song or two, and an already good view can mean a lot more with the right song in the background. For example, when I went to Paris and saw the Eiffel Tower sparkle, I was listening to a song that, combined with the view, made the experience entirely surreal and unforgettable. On top of making every experience that much better, some songs also hold deep association for me, whether it be good or bad, and listening to them will bring back

Whenever I was sad, irrational, stressed or overjoyed, music was my escape. Since I was

When people say "music saved my life," they are saying they found themselves once to be weak and eventually found strength through music. You can find yourself alone in the life you live but when you listen to music you realize you'll never be alone. I believe music gives people a sense of hope that they don't have to feel like they're the only one's going through things. Music can express more than words and it gives people a constant when their world seems to be chaotic. It's something some people need in their life and to be who they are and go on day by day.

A study in The Journal of Consumer Research found that people whose going through break ups or relationship problems rather listen to music and experiences that reflect their negative moods. Some studies show that sad music was prefered more when someone has experienced an interpersonal loss, such as losing a game.

I have been through a lot the past six years, I struggle everyday with depression and anxiety. Music is my way to cope as well as ease my mind of stress. Walking through the hallways may not seem like much, but to me it’s a constant battlefield full of people. However, by simply popping in my headphones and listening to the soothing voice of Ed Sheeran, I can escape into my own

I’ve known the lows of depression, I’ve known the terror of delusions and paranoia and I’ve known the itchiness of anxiety. In every instance, I know I need to calm down. Most times this means going home pulling the covers up and putting on soft music. I do it so much that it’s become something completely natural. Feeling bad? Put on music. It’s almost automatic and because of that I’ve started to take this simple technique for granted. for this reason I have been able to devote the time and energy necessary to musical accomplishment even though money has always been tight and that’s why I need a strong financial support

I grab the white headphones and put the EarPods into my ears. Then, I go through a variety of songs until my thumb lingers over the song “You Know Me” by a band named Thunder Dreamer. Quickly, I click play and the world around me stops as the music enters my ears. The soft guitar strums put an end to my over thinking and suppresses my feelings of sadness. By the time the vocals appear in the song, I can only think about music and how happy I am in this moment. By this I mean that hearing music is the equivalent of being at peace. To be more specific, music puts me in every place I’ve ever felt happiness, tastes as sweet as it sounds and relaxes my overwhelming thoughts.