Personal Interview
English
Mom’s Effects of Depression
My mother is a very strong and kind hearted woman who has faced many challenges in her life. These challenges include mental and physical abuse, physical illnesses, depression, and alcohol abuse. All of these have taken their toll on her mental, physical and emotional health. My mom’s depression is what has had such a negative impact in her life and the majority of it is due to unresolved suppressed past issues. My mother struggled as a child with her confidence because she had what others would consider a large nose. Other children used to ridicule her by telling her she looked like “Jimmy Durante” (Berger J). Jimmy Durante was a famous actor and comedian with quite a large nose. After being teased all the time for the largeness of her nose, she lost a lot of her self-confidence. To me, my mom has always been a very beautiful woman. I would always describe her as everybody looking a lot like Cher, who is a very beautiful and talented singer, song writer, and actress. What really had a negative effect on my mother was the time she was in kindergarten and she had gotten into trouble and as punishment the teacher had shaken her so hard and fast that she could feel her brain bounce against her skull (Berger J.). After the teacher was finished shaking my mom, she then decided to have her sit on the floor surrounded by all of
her classmates ( Berger J.). At that time all the children had begun to laugh at her and make fun of her because she got in trouble and her classmates thought it was funny how their teacher shook my mother ( Berger J ). When my mom
Mom’s Effects of Depression
My mother is a very strong and kind hearted woman who has faced many challenges in her life. These challenges include mental and physical abuse, physical illnesses, depression, and alcohol abuse. All of these have taken their toll on her mental, physical and emotional health. My mom’s depression is what has had such a negative impact in her life and the majority of it is due to unresolved suppressed past issues. My mother struggled as a child with her confidence because she had what others would consider a large nose. Other children used to ridicule her by telling her she looked like “Jimmy Durante” (Berger J). Jimmy Durante was a famous actor and comedian with quite a large nose. After being teased all the time for the largeness of her nose, she lost a lot of her self-confidence. To me, my mom has always been a very beautiful woman. I would always describe her as everybody looking a lot like Cher, who is a very beautiful and talented singer, song writer, and actress. What really had a negative effect on my mother was the time she was in kindergarten and she had gotten into trouble and as punishment the teacher had shaken her so hard and fast that she could feel her brain bounce against her skull (Berger J.). After the teacher was finished shaking my mom, she then decided to have her sit on the floor surrounded by all of
her classmates ( Berger J.). At that time all the children had begun to laugh at her and make fun of her because she got in trouble and her classmates thought it was funny how their teacher shook my mother ( Berger J ). When my mom
Cited: Coleman, Sandra. Personal Interview March 25, 2013 Hall, Cheryl. Personal Interview March 22, 2013 Berger, Jan. Personal Interview March 16, 2013