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I was growing
I was born 20 days early. I was due on September 18, 1993. -
I was born!
I was born 20 days early. I was due on September 18, 1993. I was born at St. Mary's Hospital in Evansville, IN. -
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Infancy
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I have a blankie
I have a blankie that I got the day I was born. I still sleep with it every night and I take it everywhere with me. It provides comfort. Contact comfort relates to this story because anymore, I have to have it to be able to go to sleep. Contact comfort is the instinctual need to touch and be touched by something soft, such as skin or fur. -
I started going to Karen's.
I went to a babysitters because my parents worked 8-5 every day. I never really had time with my mom and dad. I went to Karen's until I was 4. -
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Karen babysat me.
I only got to see my parents in the mornings and in the evenings. I felt detached and I never really had a strong connection to them. I never really had separation anxiety from my parents because I didn't spend a LOT of time with them, but they love me to death and would do anything for me. -
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Childhood
This was the stage of my life that follwed infancy that spans the period from the second birthday to the beginning of adolescence. -
Started Preschool.
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Attended Assembly of Faith
During the summers, I would go to a babysitter, Jenny. I still didn't really get so spend quality time with my parents. -
Started Kindergarten
Started Kindergarten at Dexter Elementary School. Before and after school, I went to afterschool daycare because my parents worked from 8-5. I still went to Jenny's during the summer and other breaks from school. -
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Kindergarten through 4th grade.
I went to Dexter Elementary School. I went to afterschool daycare every day because my parents worked. During breaks from school, I went to Jenny's. I never got to spend quality time with my parents. -
Started going to best friend Rachel's house during the summer
I started going to my best friends house during the summer because her mom was a babysitter. It was a lot of fun and it made us closer. I became attached to Rachel because we were so close. Attachment goes with this story because we have an active and intense emotional relationship that endured over time. -
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5th grade through 8th grade
5th grade at Dexter Elementary, 6th-8th at Washington Middle School. During summer, went to Rachel's. Played soccer and basketball, so I was around my parents even less. -
Status Offenses
My cousin Jonathan has had numerous status offenses for the consumption of alcohol. He got into all kinds of trouble, and it sucked. He was a good kid, he just chose to do stupid things. This affected my life because he was always getting in trouble. Because he was doing stuff he wasn't supposed to, he was always in trouble and he just wasn't himself. -
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Maturation
I am still changing. Some changes are mental; I am thinking more complex. Some changes are physical; I look more grown up and what not. This relates to this story because these are the developmental changes. -
Menarche/Puberty
This is when I got my first period. This relates to this story because it was my period of sexual maturation. It was the onset of my ability to reproduce. -
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Adolescence
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Jonathan went to jail
My cousin Jonathan got put in jail for drugs. He was only 17 and it affected me because I saw him at least 2 times a week, then I didn't get to see him at all for several months. After he got out, he was better for a while, but then went to back to his old ways. He has been in jail numerous times since then. Juvenile deliquency relates to this story because he violated the law when he was an adolescent. -
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Spring Break to Destin, FL
Went to Destin, FL with Rachel for spring break, I realized I was very dependent and I didn't really miss being home or with my parents because I never had much time with them. I do love them, though. -
Graduated 8th grade!
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Summer before freshman year.
Stayed home by myself or spent tons of time with church friends. Went to Summer in the Son, helped at VBS & Art Smarts Camp, was a junior counselor with my church at middle school camp. Was home even less and saw parents even less. It didn't really affect me, though, because I pretty much grew up without them. -
Crowds continued....
of the same attitudes and we were all associated with each other. We also had the same religious beliefs, though none of us went to the same church. -
Crowds
Going into high school, I knew who I would be friends with in high school, or so I thought. My crowd was a group of about 10 of us that all liked the same things and did everything together. Things changed once we got to high school. Everyone else did band, and I didn't have time, so I never got to hang out with them. There are 2 of them that I still do stuff with outside of school, but that's about it. This term relates to this story because we were a large group of people that shared some -
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Freshman year
It wasn't a very good year for me because my parents were extremely strict. They wanted me to do the best and all they cared about was my grades. I also had a really bad fight with my BEST friend around Christmas and we didn't talk the rest of the year, unless it was us arguing and what not. I cried myself to sleep a lot and I didn't have anyone to tell. I also felt like I was losing all of my friends from school because they were all in band and/or played different sports. -
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Summer before sophomore year
I was never home; went to Summer in the Son, helped at VBS and Arts Smarts Camp, helped at middle school camp, did Tribute so we had practice almost every afternoon, and then went to Tampa on a mission trip. Still dealt with the whole ex-best friend thing. We still argued, but I finally told my best friend Hannah. It helped some. Didn't talk to any people from school, other than Landon, the ex-best friend. -
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Sophomore Year
Had even less friends at school, still argued with Landon, couldn't tell my parents, they were still all over me about my grades. Spent as much time away from home as possible because I was always in a bad mood, and I got in trouble because of it. I couldn't tell them what was going on though. I still cried a lot. GOT MY LICENSE, so I had a little more freedom. -
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Summer before Junior Year
Spent even less time at home because I had my license. Went to Summer in the Son, middle school camp, VBS, Arts Smarts Camp, Tribute, Louisville for the mission trip. Went to TX on vacation with parents, but we didn't spend much time together. I sat in my room and read and they did whatever. Still argued with Landon; tried to get him to just leave me alone, but it didn't work. -
self-esteem
I had lower self-esteem because my mom was always getting on to me about the way I ate. She would tell me I needed to lose a little weight. This kind of hurt, even though I knew it was true and she just wanted the best for me. I also don't have a secure attachment with my parents. They rarely tell me they love me and that they are proud of me. Self-esteem relates to this story because I had lower value and worth that people attach to themselves. I still do have lower self-esteem because I -
Self-esteem continued...
don't hear that I'm loved or that they are proud of me. I know they do love me and that they are proud of me, but it still hurts and sucks that they don't show it or say it. -
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Junior Year (so far)
Finally stopped arguing with Landon, trying to rebuild friendship. Help with Light Co. Do tribute and choir. Fight with parents all of the time because they are so strict. All they care about are my grades. -
Parents
My parents are very strict. They are authoritative and authoritarian. They want mutual respect, but they also want me to listen to them no matter what. -
Conditional Positive Regard
For as long as I can remember, my parents don't really show their love toward me. They never show they are proud of me and all of that. This affects me because I don't really feel like I have a close relationship with them.