Self Reflection Paper

Feeling gloomy, sad, or depressed can take a toll on people’s health. When we experience negative emotions we might not get enough sleep, make unhealthy dietary choices such as eating unhealthy and consuming drugs and alcohol. In order to avoid these unhealthy choices Dr. Barrett’s research has shown that labeling each emotion correctly can trigger the body to make the appropriate decision on how to deal with the problem rather than leading us to make “bad” choices. Emotional granularity can make each individual experience the world and themselves to the best of their abilities. It can help each person create a better sense of

A bit surreal today as I sit down and write my first paper in almost 20 years. I’ve spent the last 10 years trying to be very concise in my communication, to the point and easy to skim the important facts to ensure what I need to get across will be read. The fact that I am having some emotional response to the stress related to routinely writing papers that ‘feel long’ is just a great example of some of what I learned from my MBTI/Firo B results.

Sadness is something that can happen to anyone and about anything. Sadness can really affect people’s lives. In “The Great Gatsby” there was sadness when Gatsby wanted Daisy to be with him again but she was still married to Tom and she was afraid to say she never loved Tom. Gatsby was also sad that Daisy wasn’t telling Tom she never loved him.George Wilson was also feeling sadness when Myrtle died because that was his wife. In “anyone lived in a pretty how town” the character no one was feeling sadness when anyone died because she loved him. F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby and E.E. Cummings, author of “anyone

Sadness is the feeling of down or unhappy in response to grief. The Poem “To S.M., a Young African Painter, on Seeing His Works” by Phillis Wheatley, is about how a young painter sees himself as he paints and what he feels. The poem “A Story” by Li-Young Lee, is about a boy who asks his father to tell him a story but the father cannot remember any. The tone for both of these poems is sadness. I will be talking about the poetic devices in both of these poems, for example, both of these poems have enjambment, figurative language, and tone. The first one that is going to be talked about is Enjambment.

Sadness is an emotion similar to a complicated math problem, it can be expressed and more than one way and might have more than one answer. What makes me sad in my life now is the close minded people who are so shut up in their own little world to understand anything that involves another person's hardships. I’m sad for the people who are uneducated about emotions especially sadness, but instead are told to suck it up and don’t cry. I am sad for those who are sad, people who feel alone and lost within the swirling thoughts that never seem to end, a constant whirlpool. People need to know they have support and someone to talk to. In the future I hope for more awareness of these difficulties that are sometimes ignored by the only people who can help

When I feel sadness  a strategy I use or would like to implement in future situations is to make myself happy and to forget about what made me sad.

2. Emotional responses have three aspects: “feelings,” autonomic responses, and somatic responses. What does each of these refer to?

In this paper I plan to briefly review what happened during the counseling demonstration. Next, I will discuss two basic counseling skills that I believe I used well, and one that I struggled with. Finally, I will discuss the next steps I will take in order to improve my counseling skills.

I started cancelling out the negativity and involved myself in afterschool activities. I rose to the top and overcame the bad things I used to feel. I encouraged myself and others to only listen to what your heart says and to really listen closely because you could misinterpret or not hear what it needs. I offered my advice to people that were going through the same things I was. I have managed to restore hope into someone that was dealing with not being accepted in their family. I have volunteered at my church multiple times to go in and teach the youth or the children about conquering their fears and being kind to everyone. Now, whenever I see someone sad, I make my best attempt to make them smile or laugh. I say hi and share a smile with everyone because I see the importance of each individual. I am the person that I have always wanted to meet when I was feeling wretched. Ever since that day I realized I was the one hurting myself, I promised myself that I would do my full and utter best to lift a sorrow soul and help them through their tough time. I restore their hope for the world and make them realize that it’s not a bad place after

Depression is comforting, many of those who have experienced a diverse range of feeling can accept the feeling of ‘rock-bottom’. Not only can this experience be a wise teacher, but also a friend. The feeling of sadness can hold a depression sufferer at bay when life is chaotic. A quote often associated with this phenomenon is “misery loves company”. The reasoning behind the feeling of comfort associated in sadness can be from their habits they developed from

Sadness is despair. It is when you’re hanging out with all of your friends, everyone laughing and having a wonderful time. It’s when the subject changes frequently and everyone gets a say. It’s when you have a sudden thought, and you decide to voice it. It’s when you try to get everyone’s attention, but fail. It’s when someone actually does pay attention to you, and you smile, speaking. When you abruptly stop your sentence, and no one even notices. It’s when the smile fades off your face, and you think to yourself, do I even matter? Does anyone even care? It’s when you realize that you are nobody. That you are just there, no one important. It’s when you work out that you are nothing.

Though as depressed as I was I put up a brave face and held in my emotions, forcing smiles and a cheery voice, especially at school, since I didn’t want to get a guidance counselor involved.

Paying attention to the physical sensations of sadness can help us to discover that the tendency to withdraw from people and the things we love to do is a common response. Also, we must accept our feelings as a natural part of having a human heart and that it breaks sometimes and we must give it the attention and love it needs. It may be painful, but being with the sadness without trying to do much to cover it up with distractions is the best way to let the tough times to sort itself out (FMS, 2015).

In the end, everybody experiences sadness at some point in their life. It just affects everybody in a different way. Whether it is the type of person, the situation, how bad it is, and how well they handle it. Everyone at some point in their life have felt like there heart is weak and can't go on, but those who have the willpower to move on become a stronger

I am now approaching the conclusion of my college career and starting to adjust to work life. This is a period of self-reflection and an attempt to put everything I learned into perspective. During this period of my life, I have been constantly thinking and contemplating my future. I feel very anxious yet nervous during this time while I am adjusting to this new stage of my life. When I was in High school my life was very structured, because I could be very dependent on peoples help and I obviously still lived with my family. When I went to college, I had to break away from that feeling of dependency and start the adjusting to adulthood. In college there was more responsibility and I started to become more independent. This was a crucial step in my life but choosing a career is going to be an even bigger step. It is a bigger step because; I have to start structuring my career goals and family goal for the future. At this moment all I can think about is my career, and how I can I keep improving myself for work life.