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Private Troubles And Public Issues That People Face In Society

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When talking about the troubles that people face and the issues that society faces, it is important to understand that they both go hand in hand. The private troubles that one faces make contribute to the public issues that the society faces, and vice versa. Growing up there were a few significant events that would be considered my private troubles yet public issues contuted to making the troubles. Growing up I was a fine example of mills theory “Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both” (Mills 3). One clear example of a trouble that I have face in my life is the suicide of my papa. He was dealing with his personal troubles to keep our family afloat, finish his education, struggling with internal self-esteem, and PTSD from the military. His PTSD would show up in the way that he would treat my mom and me. I would consider this a personal trouble because it what he felt internally and what my mom and went through during his death. My family went through many rough times with keeping food on the tables and my papa’s PTSD affecting our everyday life. Finally, one day it seemed as if hiss PTSD took the very last thing, him. He faced many troubles as a child but it wasn’t until he joined the military and got deployed that the troubles stared to hit home. Because he was struggling with providing for the family he felt less than, affecting his self-esteem. He had his personal triubles and he may have felt that he

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