Cedric's Exemplification Essay: Hospitalized For Suicide

It was a warm afternoon, characteristic of those in New England when one last bit of summer lingers before the emergence of autumn colors. I was a counselor in acollege counseling center, and the afternoon had been quiet as is usual for that time of year when students are first settling in on campus. Our office managerinformed me that a student had just walked in requesting to talk to a counselor about his difficulty sleeping. My first thought was that a student coming forcounseling on a beautiful afternoon and presenting with sleep disturbance would be dealing with the typical issues of a new student adjusting to college. I had no

Sleep Issue: Client has trouble to sleep while she is traveling, particularly when she had to share bed/room with her travel companions. She felt she was becoming a burden to her travel companions, and she is worrying others may think she is weird. Client also said she has trouble to sleep when someone is visiting her house as well, this includes her parents visiting. Client reflected she has a particular sleep routine.

“Let me die”, are the words Jennifer Cowart, age thirty-two, mother of two young children, mumbled to rescue personnel as she lay on the asphalt alert, but in unimaginable pain. Her body covered in 3rd to 4th degree burns that she sustained from a go-kart accident. The go-kart she was driving hit a guardrail causing it to catch fire and burst into flames. She was buckled in and trapped until the fire burned through her seat-belt allowing her to fall to the ground. There was no medical way to assist with her pain without complete sedation, however, permanent sedation would ultimately cause death. With her children in mind, permanent

Lack of medical knowledge from the 1800’s was shown in this tale. “Indeed he started the habit by making me lie down for an hour after each meal. It is a very bad habit I am convinced. For you see I don't sleep” (Gilman 653). The physician in the story makes his wife sleep so much that it makes her sleep patterns unhealthy. This was a common practice stated by the web site article “The Treatment of ‘Hysteria’ in the Late 1890's” to treat hysteria in the 19th century. Today’s physicians know that too much sleep causes fatigue and anxiety, making a person tired all the time, as stated from the website “WebMD”. John in the story makes his wife Jane sleep so much it is making her worse because she can not sleep when she wants to even while she

“Mr. Anderson, wake up.” As the counselor called his name, Lewis Anderson awoke from the nap he’d taken on that cold, hard chair amongst his AA group. “If you’re going to sleep,” said his counselor, Mrs. Nancy Montgomery “then you need to do it at home. This isn’t daycare, this is healthcare.” “I’m sorry,” Lewis replied. “I just haven’t been sleeping well.” Montgomery turned around and walked to her desk in the corner of the room. “Well maybe you should take the advice we give you here. Maybe you’d sleep better.” she said. “Yeah.” replied Anderson. He stood up from the chair, grabbed his cellphone and clipboard, and proceeded to walk out of the healthcare office to go home. It was about 8:30 p.m., and he was tired.

“‘I’m not going to be able to sleep’” (260). Another time, when asked how he slept by a patient at the hospital, Armelio, Craig

1. I do think Roberta W. is committing suicide because she is trying to kill herself. Definition of suicide is “intentionally kill oneself” and that is what Roberta W. is trying to do to herself. Killing herself is not the best thing for her to do; I know she been suffering a lot for the past years but ending her life just like that is not the right thing to do. A lot of people who has Roberta W. problem try so hard to survive and for her to refuse all hydration just so she can end her life is probably the worst thing she could do to herself. Roberta W. needs to think that a lot of cancer people who has must worse than her tries their best to survive in this world and for her to just end her life just like that is wrong. Another reason

Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder. It can have a devastating impact on one’s emotion, physical, occupation and social life. While it occasionally can be seen in the clinical setting as a primary diagnosis, it most often presents as a comorbidity to a medical or psychiatric issue;

Edgar Allan Poe said “I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.” Throughout his short stories; “The Black Cat” and “The Tell-Tale Heart”, Poe sets up his characters to subconsciously reveal their insanity. Often using syntax clues and patterns, Poe shows the madness of the narrators of his short stories. The constant theme of denial of insanity further convinces the reader of the character’s psychosis. Characters themselves often prove they are not in touch with reality through their actions. Through syntax, denial of insanity, and character’s actions, Poe allows his narrators in “The Black Cat” and “The Tell-Tale Heart” to reveal their own insanity.

There has been very little literature presented on Physician Assistant Suicide and its relationship particularly to psychology, PAS is my opinion is in fact a psychological issue. Psychology by definition is a discipline that studies both the human mind and behavior and seeks to understand and provide explanation pertaining to thought, emotion, and behavior (Cherry, 2011). Applications of psychology can range from mental health, self- health, and a myriad of areas that can affect health and daily life (Cherry, 2011).

The poem “Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note” by Amiri Baraka uses vivid images of sights, sounds, and daily activities to symbolize a heartfelt story. In the poem, Amiri, is one of the African American slaves who is frustrated about the discriminatory treatment by whites. So frustrated he wants to commit suicide. The writer used transition words starting with “lately”, “now”, and “then” for each stanza. He was imagining how he acted before his death and how his daughter reacted to his death.

Thesis: Sleep deprivation can lead to serious health problems, make you forget information, and have a negative impact on the outlook of life.

Strangely, technology, complications of modern life with its heavy worries, concerns, and burdens, and the accumulation of problems have generated numerous sufferings, particularly insomnia. But Insomnia is not a disease; it is a symptom of a lot of ailments.

Have you ever known someone who’s committed or tried to commit suicide and thought, “I wish I would’ve done something, said something, to stop it from happening?” I know I would ask myself that question everyday if I hadn’t. A few years ago, a good friend of mine thought her life was so bad she wanted to end it. I did the only thing I could think, and told the nearest teacher. It may sound so childish or stupid, but it worked. Luckily, she’s still alive and well. I’m here to make sure you can make the difference and help a person who might be, or is suicidal. Just think of what would happen if you didn’t try to help.

Someone, somewhere, commits suicide every 18 minutes. You might never be able to tell who it will be, it could be the person sitting right next . Statistics reveal that approximately three million youths, between 12-18, have either thought about or attempted suicide in the past year. More than 1/3, actually succeeded.