Katherine Pineda reflection2

 

To start off with group three, they had to present about anxiety. I really love how they did their presentation. And when they were talking about having anxiety, that we should not feel bad about having it because it can come in different patterns. Although it is sad to hear, there are people who do not consider anxiety as a serious mental health issue, and they do not understand that anxiety can be something that really takes a toll on your everyday life. I love how they shared personal experiences to help us better understand those who actually deal with this on the daily basis. I also learned that there are different types of anxiety. I learned that panic disorder is an anxiety disorder that causes people to have unexpected and frequent panic attacks. These attacks can feel like a sudden wave of fear or discomfort, or a sense of losing control, even when there's no obvious danger or trigger. I learned that social anxiety disorder is an intense, persistent fear of being watched and judged by others. I am pretty sure that I have this form of anxiety, I came to this realization in my first semester of college in last fall. I had a group presentation in real life class. Although it was a group presentation with my friends, while presenting my voice had started to get shaky and I could feel my heart up my throat. In the back of my mind, I always worried how other people perceive me, but I know it is out of my control and shouldn’t care about that, but no matter how many times I tell myself that, it can’t be helped. Even now I still struggle with anxiety because I would love to make new friends but my anxiety really takes over and gets in the way to even introduce myself. I learned that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that's triggered by a terrifying event — either experiencing it or witnessing it. I also didn’t know that OCD was a type of anxiety. OCD is a long-lasting disorder in which a person experiences uncontrollable and recurring thoughts, engages in repetitive behaviors or both. I recently saw a movie about this, its called Turtles all the way down. The main character, Aza deals with intrusive thoughts and compulsive behavior, particularly relating to bacteria. She regularly researches C. diff, a type of bacteria that can cause a deadly infection. She also focuses on her middle finger, which has a callus that she often opens up to make bleed. She goes off her meds because she thinks it doesn’t help her, and it causes her to spiral. It’s a good movie and has a good ending but its was sad to think that there are people that have to go through this in the daily.

The second group, my group, we had our presentation on autism. I myself was shocked to learn that there were different types of autism. So I learned a lot more about this topic myself. We learned that there are 5 different types of autism. The first one being,  autistic disorder. Autistic disorder is a neurological and developmental disorder that affects how people interact with others, communicate, learn, and behave. Secondly, Asperger's syndrome, also known as Asperger's, is a neurodevelopmental disorder that's part of the autism spectrum. It's characterized by difficulties with social interaction and nonverbal communication, as well as repetitive behaviors and interests.  Third is Pervasive developmental disorders, now known as autism spectrum disorder, are characterized by delays in the development of social and communication skills. Fourth is Childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD), also known as Heller's syndrome or disintegrative psychosis, is a rare developmental disorder that causes children to lose skills they've already learned. Children with CDD typically develop normally until they're around age 3, then over a few months they may experience a sudden or gradual loss of language, motor, social, and other skills. Lastly, Rett syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that affects the brain's development and causes a progressive loss of motor skills and language. It's a severe nervous system condition that primarily affects females, but a growing number of males are also being identified. There are different levels of autism 1-3. One requiring support, two requiring substantial support, and three requiring very substantial support. Although there are people that have autism, that does not mean that it is stopping them from achieving their own dreams. If anything it motivates them even more to prove others. I was also shocked to find out that some of the most successful people have autism

And lastly group one, presented on learning disabilities. I am familiar with these topics, but this presentation really helped me understand and go into detail on how this affects people. I really liked how they added videos to show us that there are kids struggling with is learning disability and show us from their point of view how it truly affects their ability to learn. It was also sad to see that one kid in the video, he said he completely stopped going to school because he just knew how far behind he was and his disability wasn’t allowing him to comprehend the subject. They first talked about dyslexia, dyslexia is a learning disorder that involves difficulty reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and learning how they relate to letters and words. Kids starting in school will soon run into this roadblock and then won’t feel motivated to learn. Learning about this, medication can’t cure dyslexia, and instead it is something that can be resoloved by teaching the child in a way that their brain will get a grasp of the subject. I learned that dysgraphia is a neurological condition in which someone has difficulty turning their thoughts into written language for their age and ability to think, despite exposure to adequate instruction and education. Visual perceptual/visual motor deficits can affect a person's ability to understand information they see visually. These deficits can impact a person's ability to read, draw, or copy, and can also lead to a short attention span