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Developmental Psych

  • Conception

    Conception
    Around the end of 1984, I was concieved. For about 9 months, I developed physically using the genetic templates from my parents (biosocial).
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    Embryonic Development

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    First 2 Years

  • Developed severe citrus allery

    Around the time my parents started trying to ween me off the bottle, my allergies to some fruits became apparent. At this time I was allergic to strawberries and oranges to the point that my whole face would swell up. (biosocial)
  • Learned to crawl

    Shortly before my first birthday, my cognitive abilityies developed to the point that I learned how to crawl. (cognitive)
  • Bonded with my Parents

    Over my first few years, through them providing food and other material items, as well as caring for me, I developed an emotional bond with my mother and father. (psychosocial)
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    Early Childhood

  • Learned to Talk

    Shortly after my second birthday, I started learning to talk and never learned to shut up. (cognitive)
  • Grew out of Food Allerigies

    Around age 4, I grew out of my allergies to strawberries and oranges and fell in love with strawberrys (not so much oranges...). (biosocial)
  • Parents Divorced

    Around the time I turned 4, my parents decided to get a divorce. My relationship with both of my parents would struggle for years to come. (psychsocial)
  • First Day of School!

    A few months after I turned 5, I started attending elementary school. (cognitive)
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    Middle Childhood

  • Weight gain

    I took my parents divorce really hard, I hated my dad for a long time and my mom wasn't always the most emotionally available person, so I found comfort in food. This caused me severe weight gain, eventually to the point where I was almost 200lbs by 12 years old. (biosocial)
  • Started karate

    In an attempt to channel my emotions about my parents divorce, my mom enrolled me in karate lessons the summer of my 8th birthday. This helped my hand eye coordination and was the first time I became aware of being able to channel evergy into more positive things. (Cognitive)
  • Still dealing with my parents divorce

    I took my parents divorce really hard. Looking back, it was the thing that had the single largest effect on the first 25 years of my life and still informs who I am today. It kicked off a lot of trust issues that I still deal with today. (Psychosocial)
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    Adolescence

  • First noticed girls

    Around the time I started puberty, my body started changing and I started noticing girls. (Biosocial)
  • Developed intellectually

    One of the girls I met (the future class valedictorian) got me to start focusing on doing well in school again. I got my grades up, made honor roll, took all the advanced placement classes my school had to offer but my biggest achievement in high school was to be the only person in the history of Romulus Schools to "test out" of taking a class. Embarrassed to be a year behind (in my best subject), I studied all summer, took the midterm and final to skip geometry. (Cognitive)
  • First girlfriend

    Around the time I turned 16, I got my first girlfriend. (Psychosocial)
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    Emerging Adulthood

  • Started drinking way too much

    Like a lot of young people, around my 21st birthday, I started drinking regularly. Drinking and nursing myself back to health the next day became a part of daily life for a while. (Biosocial)
  • Cognitive development dropped off

    Along with drinking, came partying and being more concerned with having a social life, then doing anything productive. I got stupider, did stupider things and forgot what I was capable of for a while. (Cognitive)
  • Changed my friends

    As a lot of people do, I fell in with the wrong crowd and did a lot of things I shouldn't of in an attempt to get people to like me. (Psychosocial)
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    Adulthood

  • Heart Transplant

    Due (in part) to genetics and extreme stress, my heart gave out and I recieived a newly developed fully artificial heart (biosocial).
  • Graduation

    After years of schooling and many failed attempts, I finally graduated from Schoolcraft with my degree in nursing. (cognitive)
  • Midlife Crisis

    After a string of failed attempts at finding infomercial gold, I had a bit of a midlife crisis. In the end I was living in a houseboat, in my moms back yard. (psychosocial)
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    Late Adulthood

  • My Relationship with My Son

    My son's always been too much like me and after many years of having a strained relationship, I finally decided to bury the hatchet. I recognized that I was getting older and that I wouldn't be around much longer, so I tried to reconsile our relationship. Proving that he's not as much like me as I previously though, he forgave me and we developed a close relationship (psychosocial).
  • Stroke

    After many years of more stress then one person should have to endure, I suffered a stroke on August 3 2055 (biosocial).
  • Nursing Home

    Shortly after my stroke, my son didn't have the time to help me do everything I needed anymore, so he moved me to a nursing home so I could get the attention I needed. My body worked fine, but my brain never recovered (cognitive).
  • Death

    I died when Skynet became self-aware, the machines launched an attack on humanity detonating nuclear warheads to destroy much of the population of the Earth. This day would come to be known by the human survivers as "Judgement Day."