Kayla: Psych Timeline

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
08/20/1994	My Birth	I was born in Valley City, North Dakota, to Terry (mom) and Dennis (dad). This event caused many others in my life.
09/30/1994	Lived on A Farm	My family lived on a farm near Wimbledon, North Dakota, for a really long time. I loved living on a farm--except when there were blizazrds. Having very few people around made me get close to the people around, but not establish relationships quickly.
10/14/1995	Younger sister (Kristen) born	She is ALWAYS there--even when I don't want her to be. I am very close to all of my siblings because we grew up on a farm with virtually no-one else near by.Kristen's birth, though i actually don't remeber it, helped me mature because I had someone to look out for when we were older.
02/01/1997	Stuff happened That I do not Remember	Pretty Much. I get told i did a lot of stuff--like go see the black hills in North Dakota, and said many funny things. But I do not recall any of these things. However I don't believe I am repressing any of these memories; i just forgot.
04/14/1999	Bitten By a Dog	I was 5 years old, it was an accident, (i had stepped on the dog's paw) and it bit my ear. I got, I think, 47 stitches. I never became terrified of dogs as happens in most cases--I adore animals--but I am cautious around strange animals.
08/23/2000	Began Kindergarten	I was a very shy child, but it wasn't really a problem as there were only 12 kids in my class. Throughout elementary, I never had to be outgoing so i just kept to myself, and that trend of introversion has persisted to present day--but I feel I have become more open.
07/13/2002	Moved to Cooperstown, North Dakota	It was a small townand while i am very fond of it now, i was very much aggainst the idea of moving, especially because it meant leaving most of our "wild" cats behind. I was only in the 2nd grade at the time, and really didn't have any close friends, mostly due to my introversion, i feel, which is why placed my need for companionship on our farm animals. This event made me depise moving; though I wouldn't know til years later.
09/11/2002	Death of (paternal) Grandmother	My family visited my grandma Aggie all the time; but that number decreased after we moved to Cooperstown. Her Death made me sad. To compond matters, my 13 year-old dog had to be put down due to illness at the same time. I felt more shook up about my dog's death then my grandma's, but i think perhaps that i was displacing my sadness unto my dog.
09/25/2003	Mom and Dad got divorced	I wasn't really sure how to react to this. I honestly don't remember how I felt at this time--probably because I repressed those memories. While my family was becoming divided, I learned an important coping mechanism that I still use: avoidance. If you ignore the problem then it isn't there.
05/29/2004	Older sister Graduates High School	My older sister Carlie is my best friend. So when she went off to college i felt alone, and was very glad when she called to visit--usually for an hour or more every week. It made me feel dependant. But after I learned how to do more things for myself, i felt independant and grown-up, as you do when you're in 4th grade.
07/29/2005	Went To CANADA!	I went to visit my Grandprarents who were living there at the time. I loved the new experiences--which is, I guess, where I got my love of new things. AND CANADA!
06/01/2006	Read "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" for the first time; began life-long obsession.	I spent the next year reading nothing but the Harry Potter series. I must have re-read each of the books at least three times. This--for lack of a better term--obsession--lead me see that I could be passionate about something.It also got me very interesting in the field of writing as a career.
05/16/2008	BATMAN	I am also addicted to Batman (and other comic books). The character just represents things I can't really explain. However, i have learned that not everyone appreciates Batman as much as I do, which has made me very argumentative.
08/15/2008	Moved to Sioux City, IA	I was not happy about this move, partly due to that fact that i was moving far away from my dad and my friends, which meant having to make new friends, which i never liked. It was also due to the fact that I was worried about how my mom was going to cope with such a big city, as she is very shy.
08/07/2009	My first Marching Band Camp	It was intense! 90 degree weather, 8 hours of marching for 6 days was a lot of work--but it was worth it . I have enjoyed every moment (almost) of Marching Band and I will never regret being in it. It made me work hard for my goals, build team skills and showed me that it was okay to be myself around other people.
08/20/2009	Began Freshman Year	This year basically made me feel competent. I was terrified of going to a big high school, and thought i wouldn't be able to handle the school work. I did, some much more easily than I thought possible.
10/03/2009	Older sister's (Carlie) wedding	Reflecting on this event makes me think that I can be rather unselfish at times, which I admit to be kind of unexpected as I think of people in general as self-interested pricks. The fact that my sister, with whom i am ver close, could get married made it "ok" for me to one day do the same, as if she does it that means it's ok for me too.
08/19/2010	Began 10th GradeYear	This year is probably my favorite: I had an amazing time with friends, very little personal trauma, easy classes. When I did have personal problems, it showed me that I do not handle stress well, especially if it is simultaneous.
08/18/2011	Began the 11th Grade	My 2nd-to-last year of high school, everything you do seems to have a consequence, though not all of them necessarily bad. Relfecting on my life thus far has shown me many aspects of my personality: both negative and positive. While I have become more social and outgoing, it is still my tendancy to repress certain emotions and that I am not exactly comfortable displaying them or expressing them.
10/27/2011	Brotjer (Craig) Graduates High School	It was really weird not having him around the house. His absense showed me, now that i think about it,that people leave in life--which made me feel like I need to prepare for their absense.