Personal Narrative: My Personal Health Behavior Intervention

Week two has been a bit of a rough week for my behavioral change project. I became sick and was stuck at home for three days this week. This caused me to have a bit of a relapse because when I am not feeling well I turn to things that comfort me. A big comfort for me is technology and I hate to admit it but I binge watched a lot of television this week and I used social media quite often. The worst part is that now that the binge has started I am having a difficult time stopping again. I am so stressed now because I missed a great deal of class and as a result I feel extremely far behind and anxious about if I can make it up successfully. Yet, all I want to do is watch Netflix and in all honesty that is all I have been doing this week. After the first week, I felt so strong (naively so) but now I only feel defeated by my own mind. That is a hard concept for me to grasp because how is it that something that feels so good, relaxing, and happy is so detrimental to my life in the areas of education, work, and relationships? I suppose though that part of the reason we do this project is to see what will make us relapse. For me and

Growing up in Florida meant that I was taught abstinence. I did not know what a condom was until 10th grade and I had a curriculum that taught me to look down on those who had not chosen abstinence. This motivated me to join Peer Health Exchange, through which I was able to inform New York City teens about the resources that were available to them for their reproductive health. But in the end, I found that the biggest thing I gained from this experience was a bigger respect for the choices that individuals make about their health. The classrooms I led workshops for were always full of a wide variety of opinions and values. I quickly had to learn that to get a class to listen I had to begin by saying: “I’m not here to tell you right from wrong,

When it comes to my mental health, I can honestly say so far in my personal life, I have never experienced with any mental health issues. I think that I am very unaware what people go through when they have a mental health issue and I would really like to know more about the different mental health problems. People whom I am close with that have experience with mental health. My sister suffers from anxiety, but not severely. I have a few cousins whom I am close to that have experienced with mental health problems. One of my cousins suffers from the mental illness, anorexia. My sisters and I were very close to her when we were younger, but when her mental illness took over her life, she became a different person.

As a one year old child when my parents first moved to Stump Tavern Road in 1959 when my father was stationed at McGuire AFB, I have seen the metamorphous of Jackson from a sleepy rural township into a suburban bedroom community. After college, I chose to return to Jackson and raise my Jewish family here for the same reasons so many choose it today; the quality of life, public school system, and aesthetics of the countryside. It is with this background I am writing to you today to applaud your courage and foresight and voice my full support of Ordinances #03-17 and #04-17 for a complete ban of dormitories in all residential and commercial zones. Unrestrained development is environmentally unsustainable and as the caretakers of this town

I was born on September 20th, 1997 on the coast of Virginia Beach. Now living in South Carolina I am 19 years old and living a very healthy and eloquent lifestyle. As I filled out the Real Age questionnaire I encountered many questions that made me think if my diet and health were flawed, while other times it seemed as if I was the pinnacle of health. I found at the end it had me down as a 16-year-old teenager. This three-year difference in what my age and what Real Age had put me down for really opens my eyes about how well of a healthy lifestyle I am living, and motivates me to continue living it to the best of my ability.

It was the last inning, the count was two balls and two strikes with two outs. Our catcher calls a curveball, I move three steps to my right. Alex is in the stretch, he starts his motion towards home, the runner on first breaks for second base. The pitch is delivered and the ball is hit directly up the middle and over the pitcher’s head, coming from shortstop, I break to my left, I am about to catch the ball when I glance at the runner. He was sliding right into me, I caught the ball, jumped up, and threw the ball while in mid-air. It was a perfect throw, right to the first baseman’s chest. That was it, the game was over, we had just beaten the number one team in the country to advance to the world series! We all threw

Although I had a tough week, I am proud of myself for accomplishing three important steps to begin this change, making a commitment contract and finding people to talk to about my behavior change.

culture. As a business student, I am no less influenced by money than the next

I stumble out my one-night-stand’s apartment grasping on to the nearest railing for support. Sloppily, I buckle my belt and take a swig from my vodka bottle, stinging my throat with every drop. The bottle slips out of my hand crashing at my feet, almost in slow motion. I giggle hysterically and hobble down the steps. My brain is numb and filled with psychotic thoughts. I grab the car door handle and slump into the cushioned seat, nearly passing out, from a night of careless sex and non-stop alcohol can really put a load on a 5’6, skinny guy. Without thinking a grab my keys and start the car pulling out to the abandoned, dimly lit freeway. Everything was better at night.

The saying goes “Change is what makes the world go round”. Well, my world would move much smoother if I got rid of a few things. Table condiments, meatloaf and roller chairs have got to go! My world would be a better place if these items didn’t exist!

I had a stroke about 2 years ago, I could not see, walk or talk. I almost gave up on being a productive citizen. I was sent to a rehab facility and started therapy. I knew that I have to do something to be gain to astablish my health, I knew that I could not do it alone. However, I always believed that God makes no mistakes, but I would have to put forth some efford in rehabliting myself. God have placed me in a place where I had to take charge of my life. I have always believed in Gods great work, but I would have to do his will. I started praying more than ever, studying my Bible more and establishing a relationship with him! He began healing my body, my mind and my soul. Now, I'm very Spiritual, Healthy, and I'm always finding time to not

As I sat down to write how I have improved and what my weaknesses are it took forever for anything to come to mind. I kept thinking, “Well I did improve on this, but I would still consider it a weakness.” I was staring at my blank page on my laptop and my outline I did not come with any ideas. I excel at writing, and punctuation; however, I struggle in writing a thesis, comma splices, and word choices.

Do you have a particular hobby or activity you enjoy? Ventures outside school or work can be very relaxing, for me it's entirely different. I have gained many mental as well as physical skills such as strength, endurance, and motivation Because of CrossFit. I have learned various new things about the human body and have met many different types of people. Walking into that CrossFit gym is one of the best things that has ever happened to me, if I had not stepped in that gym, I would not be the same person I am today.

As soon as I walked up to the counter Teanna greeted me with Hello, in a pleasant tone. Teanna ask how could she help me I told her let me get the BMT sub and she replied, "6' or footlong, I replied, '6' and she said, 'what kind of bread would you like and I replied, "please give me the Italian herb and cheese and she said," what type of cheese would you like, and I replied "pepper jack". Teanna made my sub the way I wanted it and ask would I like chips and drink...Teanna was on a roll she was doing a great job. The entire time she was processing my order Adnan remember sitting on a crate being entertained by his cellphone after Teanna wrapped my sub up, Adnan raise from the crate he was sitting on and came to the register and rung up my combo. Adnan provided my receipt and did not thank me for

The topic that interests me the most is disease prevention. My son was born with a developmental learning delay and sensory processing disorder. It hasn’t severely affected his ability to learn and socialize because he received different types of therapy since the age of 2-½. Since that time I was interested in researching the causes, symptoms and treatments of these disorders in order to support him socially and academically. My interest in disease prevention became more fascinating when some of my relatives and close friends informed me that they were battling different types of diseases such as breast cancer, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, alcoholism, opioid addiction, depression, psoriasis, tachycardia and Paget’s disease. I wanted to