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Beginnings
Prenatal Development & Birth -
Birth
I was born five weeks early. I was breech so my mother needed a C-section. I was healthy and came home after a couple days. -
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First Two Years
Biosocial-I had an allergic reaction to breast milk so I had to be fed a special lactose free formula as an infant.
Cognitive-I learned quickly and was verbal very early. My grandmother read books to me every day and my language skills were sharp by age two.
Psychosocial-I spend most of my time with my grandmother and I formed a strong secure attachment to her. I had a good relationship with my parents but were less securely attached to them. -
Biosocial
At about two weeks of age, I started showing a bad reaction to breast milk and traditional formila, so my mother had to start feeding me a special lactose free formula. -
Cognitive
I spoke my first words. "Ball, dada, mama." -
Psychososial
I developed a secure attachment to my grandmother, who I spent most of my time with as a child. My relationship with my parents was not as solid and I had a less secure attachment to them because I didn't know them as well. -
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Early Childhood
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Biosocial
I participated in my first dance recital which was locally televised on Allen Park TV. -
Cognitive
My first day of public school. I could already read before entering kindergarden. -
Psychosocial
My little brother Christopher was born and I made the change from only child to big sister. -
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Middle Childhood
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Biosocial
I had repeated tonsilitis due to many strep throat infections and eventually needed to get my tonsills out. I had a tonsilectomy when I was in the second grade, which caused me to miss two weeks of school. -
Psychosocial
My family moved from Allen Park to Canton so I had to switch schools and make all new friends at my new school. -
Cognitive
I won an award at my school for writing and illustrating a children's book. I got my book "published" at the school and got to read it out loud at a school wide assembly. -
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Adolescence
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Biosocial
When I was 12 years old I had my first menstrual cycle which marked my enterance to "womanhood" or sexual maturity. -
Psychosocial
Even though I had a lot of friends and I was doing well in school, I had a stress enduced "mental breakdown" my junior year of high school. I started seeing a psychiatrist and was diagnosed with depression. -
Cognitive
I graduated from high school. Earlier this year I had applied and been accepted to Grand Valley State University, so after graduation I began to prepare for college. -
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Emerging Adulthood
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Cognitive
After two earlier, separate failed attempts at attending college, I finally started to pursue my degree again at Schoolcraft College. This winter semester I recieved my first 4.0 in college and have continued to do well thereafter. -
Biosocial
I started working with a personal trainer to develop a better set of physical skills. I became skilled in kickboxing and lost over sixty pounds, gaining significant strength along the way. After this I gained immense self confidence, which I had always lacked. -
Psychosocial
Even though I had lived away from my parents before, I had moved back in with them when I was twenty one. After three years of living at home I finally moved out again. I moved to a house in Plymouth with some roommates my age. Finally feeling proud and independent again as an "emerging adult" at the age of twenty four. -
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Adulthood
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Cognitive
This is when I plan to graduate from the nursing program at Schoolcraft College. I will hopefully pass all of my NCLEX exams and become a registered nurse shortly following graduation. -
Psychosocial
On this day I will be twenty nine years old, and I would like to hopefully be married by this time of my life. I would be starting as a professional in my career and this seems like a good time to settle down with an intimate monogamous life partner. Once I pick a husband, I want it to be for life. -
Biosocial
At this time of my life, I would be thirty years old, going on turning thirty one. I want to hopefully at least have gotten pregnant with my first child by now. I hope to have a large family with at least three kids, so I want to try and start by the time I am thirty. -
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Late Adulthood
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Psychosocial
At the age of seventy years old I plan to be quite active still. I want to be able to do yoga and also regularly volunteer in the community and at my church. -
Cognitive
Even though Alzheimer's Disease runs in my family, I hope that at this old age of seventy five years old I will still have my mental clarity about me, and be able to impart widom to any grandchildren I might have. -
Biosocial
About one year before my estimated death (age 95) I predict my physical and mental health would probably start to decline. I will be accepting that my body is going to die soon and I will feel it in my bones and my brain. -
Estimated Death
When I took the lifespan estimation quiz online it said I would live to be 95 years old.