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Personal Narrative: Moving To Jacksonville Florida

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In life, many events can contribute to the way we act, the way we think and the choices we make. Essentially, a person goes through certain life changing events that may leave a huge imprint on their lives. Some changes can be very microscopic leaving little to no impression at all . However, other events such as , getting married, having a baby, or graduating college can change someone 's life drastically. For me, the life-changing event that changed my life was moving to Jacksonville Florida. Before relocating to Florida , I never heard a gun fired, I never felt beach sand underneath my toes. Jacksonville was a different world; a new beginning, Jacksonville was a jungle that I was ready to conquer, so I thought. As a 16 year old girl …show more content…

At the age of nine-teen there I was walking across that stage receiving my diploma. It was very difficult making up all of the credits I missed, it was also difficult battling mental illness as well as not having anyone in the stands cheering for me, but I persevered despite my circumstances. In conclusion, the perspectives that best suit me would be the psychodynamic perspective and the behavioral perspective; psychodynamic is an perspective to psychology that emphasizes systematic study of the psychological forces that underlie human behavior, feelings, and emotions and how they might relate to early experience. Our behavior and feelings are powerfully affected by unconscious motives. Due to my prior experience from my childhood there are certain things I do concisions, precociously and unconsciously, that impact the way I talk and the way I think . For example, whenever my step father used to abuse my brothers and I we would never sleep with our be room doors unlocked in fear of being punished, and sadly still to this day I sleep with my bedroom door locked. Secondly , The behavioral perspective also suits me, I worked hard towards school and kept faith , because I did not give up I was rewarded my diploma and by me being rewarded my diploma I know what I 'm capable of, I know that I 'm destined for greatness. Because of my hardship I have fallen in love Jacksonville Florida so much , Its like my experiences in Jacksonville completely fractured me to a the point I thought I was unrepairable only to build myself up again. To build myself into a better person! Because of my Jacksonville and all of the hardship I 've faced there, I 'm now a dedicated worker, I 'm more focused on my education. Because of Jacksonville I 'm grateful for life today! Because of Jacksonville I am now the woman

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