Informative Speech On Healing

One connecting between Louie’s difficulties and my own stems from the fact that we both suffer from respiratory issues. For both of us, these issues have detrimental effects on our lives, especially in more physical aspects of our lives. Additionally, and on a more reflective approach, Louie and I have both had to complete, at first, extremely difficult tasks and overcome adversity, and we have both been better prepared for future life events because of it. While Louie overcomes running track, which prepares him for the war, I have overcame chronic headaches and other medical conditions in my own life. Currently, I manage life while experiencing daily continuous headaches, which can become very painful and aggravating at times. Overcoming and living with this condition has made me a stronger person mentally, physically, and emotionally and has effectively prepared me for future adversity I may face. Specifically, the headaches I experience prepare me for the job I wish to eventually pursue: pediatric neurosurgery. This career will require managing my job under an immense amount of stress. Moreover, it will require me to make important, potentially life-or-death decisions on the fly. By persevering through times of difficulty in my own life and by working through the stress of completing school work even when I may not feel the best, I have been better prepared for the career I wish to pursue.

“Resilience: The Biology of Stress and Science of Hope” (2016), is a documentary corelating adverse childhood events (ACE) and chronic medical condition like heart disease and diabetes (Resilience trailer, 2016). Childhood trauma and toxic stress changes a person physically and emotionally (Lee, 2016). On November 29, 2017, I had the pleasure of attending a showing of the film ‘Resilience’ and the panel discussion which followed. The panel consisted of five community leaders discussing the impact of ACEs and the work being done to address the problem. The panel included: Joan Caley MS, ARNP-CNS, CNL, NEA, BC of ACES Action Coalition, Jill McGillis of Clark County Juvenile Justice, Michelle Welton outreach manager for Catholic Charities Refugee Services Program Support, Jonathan Weedman CCTP, LPC the director of operations population health partnerships for Care Oregon, and Sandy Mathenson EdD director of social –emotional learning for Battle Ground Public Schools. The speakers received about fifteen minutes to discuss their respective work and agencies. In this brief review, I will summarize the discussion and deliberate the effectiveness of the presentation method.

Recovery of a patient is much more than the management of medial symptoms. It involves a person regaining control, individualism and independency, “socially re-connecting” and rebuilding their life (Welch, 2010). Protective factors such as self-care, quality of life, pain and illness perception, and physical outcomes can be associated with the recovery of a patient. Welch suggest, “Excessive individualism or self-reliance is an obstacle to resilience when it undermines relationships or prevents people seeking and receiving help when they need it” (Welch,

Resilience is defined as a person’s ability to weather adversity and come out of it with a stronger ability to deal with the next challenge (Mosby’s Medical Dictionary, n.d.). Resilience can be noted as a trait within an individual as well as a process through which a person undergoes during adversity (Jacelon, 1997). Measuring resilience can be done by assessing certain qualities within an individual and asking questions to elicit better understanding of their current psychological state (Wagnild & Collins, 2009). Nurses must have a thorough comprehension of resilience and how to measure and promote this among individuals who are met with health challenges. By doing this nurses are better able to provide holistic client centred care and inform the nursing profession.

Trauma and Abuse, Illness and Struggle May Be Injurious, but They May also be sources of challenge and opportunity

Resilience has been topic that we have learned and are discussing in my English class. When you can overcome hardships faster and easier when you are more resilient person. We have been analyzing an article called “The Science of Bouncing Back” by Mandy Oaklander. Oaklander discusses methods of many people on their experience, becoming a more resilient person. People respond to emotion and hardships in their life differently, and people with more struggles overcome it more gradually, and Mandy Oaklander made me consider the possibilities resilience has, and can offer in everyday life.

Resiliency describes a patient’s ability to return to base-line level of functioning after an illness or injury through use of compensatory and coping mechanisms (Lindell, Reimer, Swickard, Swickard, and Winkelman, 2014). This patient suffered the psychological trauma of losing her unborn baby as well as the physical threat to her own life all at the same time. She demonstrated admirable resiliency as she faced such unfathomable events. After two days of care and observation in the ICU, she was able to be discharged to home. It would certainly take time to experience the different stages of grief; however, she possessed an admirable faith that she, her husband, and their

Stressors like sudden life changes or strains and catastrophic events (Gill, 2012) are likely to impact negatively on health. Even daily hassles may seem amplified as stress accumulates and effects all aspects of life. For some patients, the event of being diagnosed or experiencing a chronic condition can be traumatic – as may be expected. The ability of these people to assess and adjust effectively determines whether resilience or maladaptation is provoked… To acquire resilience one must deal with stresses in a productive manner. Along with employing other coping methods, seeking or providing social support is one of the simplest ways to implement. Healthcare consumers with strong family connections and who acknowledge their spirituality often adopt positive outlooks and overcome stressful experiences collectively (Gill, 2012). Chronic conditions can drastically alter a patient’s individual needs, in turn, affecting their maintenance of optimism. Needing

My informative speech was on what factors influence access to mental health care facilities in the United States. I spoke on how government access, mental health stigma, and public awareness all affect how people can get proper treatment in mental health care facilities. I described how mental health care facilities include school, hospitals, as well as outpatient centers across the nation. I explained why physical and mental health should be treated equally; not with one type of health having more power over the other. My passion for this topic was driven by my desire to be a therapist in the future. I plan on going to graduate school to earn a master's degree so I can help make a difference in people’s lives as a counselor. In my speech,

The Mayo Clinic, a medical group that specializes in difficult cases, had 1.2 million patients in 2012. This demographic included my mother who sought for medical results. In the event that my mother’s mind and body were malfunctioning, she went to specialists for a logical diagnosis. My family spent two years alternating between hospitals and desperately searching for results. An important assessment is realizing that while patients endure hardships, family members often experience stress and various behavioral responses. With this in mind, my ill mother being in the hospital propelled me into experiences includingindependence, optimism, and changethat continually influence my perspective every day.

I realize that the most capable physicians can heal because they have been sick and are able to fix because of their own brokenness. In other words, adversity builds character and changes people for the better. In my case, my disadvantaged upbringing has made me a better person, son, father and potentially a better public servant. After my parents divorced in 2000, my mother and I moved to Little Rock, Arkansas where we struggled to get by. Enduring that hardship with her changed me from an early age. Some nights I stayed at my best friend’s apartment, because we had no electricity. In a sense, this deprivation allowed me to mature and understand that in life you must sacrifice for a larger

Many psychologists feel that psychological treatment is also a good way to teach patients how to endure their physical treatments. Many of these treatments present physical problems, but the treatments are almost more taxing on the mind. “Research clearly shows that unrelieved pain can slow recovery, create burdens for patients and their families and increase costs to the health care system.” (Rabasca, 1999). In overcoming anything whether it is a task for work, school or anything that can be physically and mentally draining like cancer, it is important to keep a strong mind and a positive outlook no matter how rough it is. Most patients of cancer are so far

Attention Getting Device: “All day, every day, life is like this. Fear. Apprehension. Avoidance. Pain. Anxiety about what you said. Fear that you said something wrong. Worry about others' disapproval. Afraid of rejection, of not fitting in. Anxious to enter a conversation, afraid you'll have nothing to talk about. Hiding what's wrong with you deep inside, putting up a defensive wall to protect your "secret". You are undergoing the daily, chronic trouble of living with this mental disorder we call social anxiety disorder.” How many of you know someone or have heard of mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, or personality disorders?

Life is full of adversities that cannot be avoided. Everyone goes through problems, setbacks, and pressures that lead to the adverse effects of stress. But how we recover from these adversities that life throws our ways is called resilience. Baumgardner and Crothers (2009, pp 57) defines resilience as an ability to bounce back and flourish amidst all defiance of life. This ability can be manifested as adjusting well in the face of hardship, trauma, disaster, dangers or significant sources of pressure. According to Baumgardner and Crothers (2009, pp 64-65), resilience has six sources in adulthood and in later life: self-acceptance, personal growth, purpose in life, environmental mastery, autonomy and positive relations with others (2009, pp

Have you ever heard of homeopathy? You probably have, but have no idea what it really is. Homeopathy is a system of medicine that treats an illness or condition with highly diluted concentrations of natural ingredients that mimic the symptoms of the condition being treated. It seems like an odd premise, but in spite of the unusual mechanism behind it, it is a very effective method for treating disease.