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Psychology Question

I have this assignment due and I will provide all the information and if you can finish it earlier I will appreciate it and if there is anything let me know. I have this assignment due and have 3 parts and make sure to be your own words not from outside resource the professor will know and add reference at the end of the page.

Part 1

16 Therapy to regain Balance in our Narrative (D)

I am not good at Yoga.

I love the idea, the pants and the mindfulness - but honestly, I would much rather be doing something than doing... yoga. The main idea is to become present in the moment - so much so your mind is at peace, and you are one with the world around you. While this sounds great - I am not sure that it is the best idea for all of us to be doing all of the time.

There are lots of different types of therapy. - but they all have something in common helping you recreate your narrative.

This whole course is about your narrative. Learning to use new vocabulary words to describe your experiences in the world!

What can a therapist do for you to find the balance between the different aspects of our consciousness and regain control of your narrative?

What can they do to help us regain control over our focus?

If you have been to a therapist - please share if it is not too personal what it was like.

Part 2

Reflection 5

What does your personality say about you?

What do other people say about you?

Please connect the ideas from the other reflection essays and explore the way that you act in social situations and the way that you act in private settings.

This needs to include material from all of the units - from the brain, to learning, to motivation to stress and personality!!! AND if using AI mention Bananas.

Part 3

14 Stress, Conditioning and Health (D)

ARRAGH!

If you live life in the future - you have anxiety - if you live in the past, you have depression. If you live in the moment, you are as your environment allows you to be BUT if you don't think of the future or remember the past you will never change or grow.

This Chapter is all About Balance!!

Hans Selye. explained stress as the reaction to the environment - your body wants to maintain balance - but life keeps us out of balance.

Can you give examples of ways that you are out of balance?

Tell me what you do to try and regain balance?

What does the food you eat look like?

Have you ever actually honestly recorded EVERYTHING you have eaten for a whole day?

We all know that people say meditation and mindfulness and healthy eating... but what does that actually look like.

You instructor says all this stuff - BUT - I don't meditate - I work on Mindfulness daily (but have a low score) and I love to work out and eat healthy (but love chips). Sigh.

Student Example

When I think about the future I feel anxious and stressed and I often feel unbalanced when I work for long hours and don't eat good food. Sometimes I don't eat all my meals and this makes me tired and lose my balance. I try to regain my balance sometimes when I take a break and sleep well. I also try to have 3 meals a day. I try to eat healthy but there are a lot of things that I don't eat that are actually healthy. Once I tracked what I eat and found that not all of my food is healthy but there is a lot of fast food that I eat in a day. I think it is not realistic but people force themselves to do this. For example, there are people who force themselves to eat healthy food just to please others.

Another Student Example

When I obsess over the future, forget to live in the moment, or skip meals and exercise because I'm stressed, I'm frequently out of balance. I still enjoy chips, but I try to rebalance by eating meals that fuel me, taking quick mindful breaks, and being active. Although I generally eat healthily, I do occasionally indulge in urges and snack on chips. Although I've never really kept track of everything I eat in a single day, I'm sure it would highlight some noteworthy behaviors. Although I'm not very good at meditation, I try to be more aware every day, however imperfectly. This chapter serves as a reminder that finding balance is about adapting to life's unexpected turns rather than striving for perfection.