Prologue:
For this assignment we were asked to choose from a number of options on what to write on. I carefully thought about each one and the blog posts that I had written prior to this. As I scrolled through my Weebly page two of my posts stood out, My Open Mindset and This I believe. I decided to combine the two to provide a better understanding of how the two coincide. It took me a couple days to find two subjects I could pull together through personal experiences, and supporting research. However, for my This I believe statement in my blog I chose the topic of second chances and in this article I will be talking about how depression and a fixed mindset coincide.
Project:
I believe that having a fixed mindset has an impact on depression.
Open mindset or fixed mindset. In plain terms your either stubborn or your not. But have you ever really thought how your mindset affects you? If you had a different mindset during a certain event would the outcome be different? Would your mindset have an impact on your mental state? Not many people think mindset and mental state coincide, I believe they do more than we think. One of the most common mental illnesses in today’s world is depression. Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. It’s hereditary, can be temporary, and effects people of all ages. Many people when become depressed refuse to see the better things in life. Some are fixed in their depressed ways, and believe things won’t change.
As a teenager I was diagnosed with clinical depression. I was praying that it was just a phase, I really thought I was just being a moody teenager. But being that my mother and father both suffered from depression my mother took me to the doctor’s to have me evaluated. When I was first diagnosed. I remember hearing the words come out of my doctor’s mouth and thinking, “I’m crazy, I am going to be one of those people in a mental hospital”. Of course that was me being an over dramatic teen-ager. The doctor was reading me pamphlets, ways to cope, recommending therapist and I just completely shut him out and didn’t listen. I didn’t listen to him because I didn’t want to hear that I was depressed. I wanted to hear that I was a regular kid. I didn’t understand depression at all. I had heard different things about it, that people committed suicide because of it, some people had to take medicine, and that severe depression was known as being bi-polar. My family urged me to go to therapy, and to take medicine. However I had a set mindset about my diagnosis. I refused to go to a doctor, take medicine, or do anything to solve my problems. Instead I let the diagnosis consume me. From the time I was 15-17 my life seemed to be somewhat of a downward spiral. I was failing school academically and disciplinary, I was constantly in trouble at home, and I was struggling with addiction. When I was 17 I finally hit rock bottom. I had moved out of my parent’s house, and failed out of Penn State. I constantly believed that my life would only get worse, would never get better and I was destined for failure.
It wasn’t until we had our assignment on mindsets, that I realized when I was depressed my mindset was fixed. I was set in my way’s I had a hard time accepting help from others, and had an extra hard time learning new things. Thus, the reason I did not want to take medication or see a therapist. A few weeks ago we were asked to read several different texts and watch videos regarding mindset. One video in particular stood out to me it was called,”How a growth mindset leads to higher achievement.” In the video it discussed an experiment in which scientists asked the participants a question. The participants who had a growth mindset listened when they were told if they were wrong to what the correct answer was. Participants who had a close mindset shut their brains off after hearing that they were wrong. The out come showed that people with a growth mindset lead to higher achievement. As soon as I had heard that part of the video I instantly flashed back to my doctor’s office and shutting him out, not wanting to learn anything about depression, and basically telling the poor guy to piss off.
Having a growth mindset is more along the lines of being open to suggestions, criticism, and willing to change and grow mentally. It's about being able to take others suggestions and not be offended and want to use those suggestions to improve your work. I believe that if I had a growth mind set during my time suffering from depression it could have changed my life dramatically. If I had listened to the doctor and learned about my diagnosis, and went to a therapist I feel as though I could have avoided some of the rather negative things that have happened, I could’ve even performed better academically in school. People who have a fixed mindset tend to be more stubborn and set in their ways. They take criticism to heart and are so set in their ways they tune others out. In academic environment and non-academic I feel as though I now have a growth mindset. It took me going through a lot of tough times having a set mindset to realize one is easier to have than the other. I am constantly open to suggestion and criticism from teachers as well as my coworkers. It’s really made my life a lot easier. I actually look forward to feedback negative or positive from my teachers and classmates. Which is one of the reasons I enjoy having a blog for this class so much. I imagine having a set mindset in this class is much harder than having an open one. I think it helps us grow academically if you keep failing in your same ways and do not listen to others advice your only going to keep failing. I will continue to sustain my growth mindset especially in this course were we will have suggestions made by or teachers on how to improve our work.
In no way shape or form am I saying that all people that suffer from depression have a fixed mindset, I’m simply shedding light to a subject and discovery that I myself found interesting. Perhaps not many people have put two and two together before. Pulling these two subjects together really made me think about what affect my mindset had on me, hopefully it does the same for you!
Epilogue:
I really felt as though I struggled at first pulling these two subjects together, and obviously a lack of supporting evidence other than my own experiences.I know I will have some critics and some people that may not agree. While writing the article I went back and read the mindset articles and re-watched the videos. The education video really stood out to me as I literally had flash backs of events that had happened where I completely tuned out. As I said at the end of my paper I'm not saying everyone that suffers from depression has a fixed mindset, and not everyone that has a fixed mindset suffers from depression.
Draft 2:
I believe that having a fixed mindset has an impact on depression.
Open mindset or fixed mindset. In plain terms your either stubborn or your not. But have you ever really thought how your mindset affects you? If you had a different mindset during a certain event would the outcome be different? Would your mindset have an impact on your mental state? Not many people think mindset and mental state coincide, I believe they do more than we think. One of the most common mental illnesses in today’s world is depression. Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. It’s hereditary, can be temporary, and effects people of all ages. Many people when become depressed refuse to see the better things in life. Some are fixed in their depressed ways, and believe things won’t change.
A few weeks ago we were asked to read several different texts and watch videos regarding mindset.I browsed through videos, thought about what my reaction would be and was honestly at a loss for what to write about. Until I clicked on the video that read, ”How a growth mindset leads to higher achievement.” In the video it discussed an experiment in which scientists asked the participants a question. The participants who had a growth mindset listened when they were told if they were wrong to what the correct answer was. Participants who had a close mindset shut their brains off after hearing that they were wrong. The out come showed that people with a growth mindset lead to higher achievement. This part of the video gave me an instant flash back to a much more difficult time in my life
As a teenager I was diagnosed with clinical depression. I was praying that it was just a phase, I really thought I was just being a moody teenager. But being that my mother and father both suffered from depression my mother took me to the doctor’s to have me evaluated. When I was first diagnosed. I remember hearing the words come out of my doctor’s mouth and thinking, “I’m crazy, I am going to be one of those people in a mental hospital”. Of course that was me being an over dramatic teen-ager. The doctor was reading me pamphlets, ways to cope, recommending therapist and I just completely shut him out and didn’t listen. I didn’t listen to him because I didn’t want to hear that I was depressed. I wanted to hear that I was a regular kid. I didn’t understand depression at all. I had heard different things about it, that people committed suicide because of it, some people had to take medicine, and that severe depression was known as being bi-polar. My family urged me to go to therapy, and to take medicine. However I had a set mindset about my diagnosis. I refused to go to a doctor, take medicine, or do anything to solve my problems. Instead I let the diagnosis consume me. From the time I was 15-17 my life seemed to be somewhat of a downward spiral. I was failing school academically and disciplinary, I was constantly in trouble at home, and I was struggling with addiction. When I was 17 I finally hit rock bottom. I had moved out of my parent’s house, and failed out of Penn State. I constantly believed that my life would only get worse, would never get better and I was destined for failure.
It wasn’t until we had our assignment on mindsets, that I realized when I was depressed my mindset was fixed. I was set in my way’s I had a hard time accepting help from others, and had an extra hard time learning new things. Thus, the reason I did not want to take medication or see a therapist. As soon as I had heard that part of the video with the patient's shutting their mind off everything clicked together.When I became pregnant I was sent to an outpatient behavioral center. Every night I sat in a room with people who had problems very similar to my own. It helped to know that there were people out there that were struggling with the same issues. At this point I was transitioning into an open mindset. I believe the rest of my group was as well. In addition to the rehab, I was going to one on one therapy, and taking medication. I was able to see the better thing in life and have a positive outlook. I believed I could do better, and I was willing to make the most out of this second chance I was given.
Having a growth mindset is more along the lines of being open to suggestions, criticism, and willing to change and grow mentally. It's about being able to take others suggestions and not be offended and want to use those suggestions to improve your work. For instance, taking constructive criticism during class from my peers about this paper would not have gone well if I did not have an open mindset.I believe that if I had a growth mind set during my time suffering from depression it could have changed my life dramatically. If I had listened to the doctor and learned about my diagnosis, and went to a therapist I feel as though I could have avoided some of the rather negative things that have happened, I could’ve even performed better academically in school.There are still times today in my life toady where I get depressed, and discouraged. Constantly thinking that it can and will get better, and that I can fix it is what keeps me going. People who have a fixed mindset tend to be more stubborn and set in their ways. They take criticism to heart and are so set in their ways they tune others out. In academic environment and non-academic I feel as though I now have a growth mindset. It took me going through a lot of tough times having a set mindset to realize one is easier to have than the other. I am constantly open to suggestion and criticism from teachers as well as my coworkers. It’s really made my life a lot easier. I actually look forward to feedback negative or positive from my teachers and classmates. Which is one of the reasons I enjoy having a blog for this class so much. I imagine having a set mindset in this class is much harder than having an open one. I think it helps us grow academically if you keep failing in your same ways and do not listen to others advice your only going to keep failing. I will continue to sustain my growth mindset especially in this course were we will have suggestions made by or teachers on how to improve our work.
In no way shape or form am I saying that all people that suffer from depression have a fixed mindset, I’m simply shedding light to a subject and discovery that I myself found interesting. Perhaps not many people have put two and two together before. Pulling these two subjects together really made me think about what affect my mindset had on me, hopefully it does the same for you!
For this assignment we were asked to choose from a number of options on what to write on. I carefully thought about each one and the blog posts that I had written prior to this. As I scrolled through my Weebly page two of my posts stood out, My Open Mindset and This I believe. I decided to combine the two to provide a better understanding of how the two coincide. It took me a couple days to find two subjects I could pull together through personal experiences, and supporting research. However, for my This I believe statement in my blog I chose the topic of second chances and in this article I will be talking about how depression and a fixed mindset coincide.
Project:
I believe that having a fixed mindset has an impact on depression.
Open mindset or fixed mindset. In plain terms your either stubborn or your not. But have you ever really thought how your mindset affects you? If you had a different mindset during a certain event would the outcome be different? Would your mindset have an impact on your mental state? Not many people think mindset and mental state coincide, I believe they do more than we think. One of the most common mental illnesses in today’s world is depression. Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. It’s hereditary, can be temporary, and effects people of all ages. Many people when become depressed refuse to see the better things in life. Some are fixed in their depressed ways, and believe things won’t change.
As a teenager I was diagnosed with clinical depression. I was praying that it was just a phase, I really thought I was just being a moody teenager. But being that my mother and father both suffered from depression my mother took me to the doctor’s to have me evaluated. When I was first diagnosed. I remember hearing the words come out of my doctor’s mouth and thinking, “I’m crazy, I am going to be one of those people in a mental hospital”. Of course that was me being an over dramatic teen-ager. The doctor was reading me pamphlets, ways to cope, recommending therapist and I just completely shut him out and didn’t listen. I didn’t listen to him because I didn’t want to hear that I was depressed. I wanted to hear that I was a regular kid. I didn’t understand depression at all. I had heard different things about it, that people committed suicide because of it, some people had to take medicine, and that severe depression was known as being bi-polar. My family urged me to go to therapy, and to take medicine. However I had a set mindset about my diagnosis. I refused to go to a doctor, take medicine, or do anything to solve my problems. Instead I let the diagnosis consume me. From the time I was 15-17 my life seemed to be somewhat of a downward spiral. I was failing school academically and disciplinary, I was constantly in trouble at home, and I was struggling with addiction. When I was 17 I finally hit rock bottom. I had moved out of my parent’s house, and failed out of Penn State. I constantly believed that my life would only get worse, would never get better and I was destined for failure.
It wasn’t until we had our assignment on mindsets, that I realized when I was depressed my mindset was fixed. I was set in my way’s I had a hard time accepting help from others, and had an extra hard time learning new things. Thus, the reason I did not want to take medication or see a therapist. A few weeks ago we were asked to read several different texts and watch videos regarding mindset. One video in particular stood out to me it was called,”How a growth mindset leads to higher achievement.” In the video it discussed an experiment in which scientists asked the participants a question. The participants who had a growth mindset listened when they were told if they were wrong to what the correct answer was. Participants who had a close mindset shut their brains off after hearing that they were wrong. The out come showed that people with a growth mindset lead to higher achievement. As soon as I had heard that part of the video I instantly flashed back to my doctor’s office and shutting him out, not wanting to learn anything about depression, and basically telling the poor guy to piss off.
Having a growth mindset is more along the lines of being open to suggestions, criticism, and willing to change and grow mentally. It's about being able to take others suggestions and not be offended and want to use those suggestions to improve your work. I believe that if I had a growth mind set during my time suffering from depression it could have changed my life dramatically. If I had listened to the doctor and learned about my diagnosis, and went to a therapist I feel as though I could have avoided some of the rather negative things that have happened, I could’ve even performed better academically in school. People who have a fixed mindset tend to be more stubborn and set in their ways. They take criticism to heart and are so set in their ways they tune others out. In academic environment and non-academic I feel as though I now have a growth mindset. It took me going through a lot of tough times having a set mindset to realize one is easier to have than the other. I am constantly open to suggestion and criticism from teachers as well as my coworkers. It’s really made my life a lot easier. I actually look forward to feedback negative or positive from my teachers and classmates. Which is one of the reasons I enjoy having a blog for this class so much. I imagine having a set mindset in this class is much harder than having an open one. I think it helps us grow academically if you keep failing in your same ways and do not listen to others advice your only going to keep failing. I will continue to sustain my growth mindset especially in this course were we will have suggestions made by or teachers on how to improve our work.
In no way shape or form am I saying that all people that suffer from depression have a fixed mindset, I’m simply shedding light to a subject and discovery that I myself found interesting. Perhaps not many people have put two and two together before. Pulling these two subjects together really made me think about what affect my mindset had on me, hopefully it does the same for you!
Epilogue:
I really felt as though I struggled at first pulling these two subjects together, and obviously a lack of supporting evidence other than my own experiences.I know I will have some critics and some people that may not agree. While writing the article I went back and read the mindset articles and re-watched the videos. The education video really stood out to me as I literally had flash backs of events that had happened where I completely tuned out. As I said at the end of my paper I'm not saying everyone that suffers from depression has a fixed mindset, and not everyone that has a fixed mindset suffers from depression.
Draft 2:
I believe that having a fixed mindset has an impact on depression.
Open mindset or fixed mindset. In plain terms your either stubborn or your not. But have you ever really thought how your mindset affects you? If you had a different mindset during a certain event would the outcome be different? Would your mindset have an impact on your mental state? Not many people think mindset and mental state coincide, I believe they do more than we think. One of the most common mental illnesses in today’s world is depression. Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. It’s hereditary, can be temporary, and effects people of all ages. Many people when become depressed refuse to see the better things in life. Some are fixed in their depressed ways, and believe things won’t change.
A few weeks ago we were asked to read several different texts and watch videos regarding mindset.I browsed through videos, thought about what my reaction would be and was honestly at a loss for what to write about. Until I clicked on the video that read, ”How a growth mindset leads to higher achievement.” In the video it discussed an experiment in which scientists asked the participants a question. The participants who had a growth mindset listened when they were told if they were wrong to what the correct answer was. Participants who had a close mindset shut their brains off after hearing that they were wrong. The out come showed that people with a growth mindset lead to higher achievement. This part of the video gave me an instant flash back to a much more difficult time in my life
As a teenager I was diagnosed with clinical depression. I was praying that it was just a phase, I really thought I was just being a moody teenager. But being that my mother and father both suffered from depression my mother took me to the doctor’s to have me evaluated. When I was first diagnosed. I remember hearing the words come out of my doctor’s mouth and thinking, “I’m crazy, I am going to be one of those people in a mental hospital”. Of course that was me being an over dramatic teen-ager. The doctor was reading me pamphlets, ways to cope, recommending therapist and I just completely shut him out and didn’t listen. I didn’t listen to him because I didn’t want to hear that I was depressed. I wanted to hear that I was a regular kid. I didn’t understand depression at all. I had heard different things about it, that people committed suicide because of it, some people had to take medicine, and that severe depression was known as being bi-polar. My family urged me to go to therapy, and to take medicine. However I had a set mindset about my diagnosis. I refused to go to a doctor, take medicine, or do anything to solve my problems. Instead I let the diagnosis consume me. From the time I was 15-17 my life seemed to be somewhat of a downward spiral. I was failing school academically and disciplinary, I was constantly in trouble at home, and I was struggling with addiction. When I was 17 I finally hit rock bottom. I had moved out of my parent’s house, and failed out of Penn State. I constantly believed that my life would only get worse, would never get better and I was destined for failure.
It wasn’t until we had our assignment on mindsets, that I realized when I was depressed my mindset was fixed. I was set in my way’s I had a hard time accepting help from others, and had an extra hard time learning new things. Thus, the reason I did not want to take medication or see a therapist. As soon as I had heard that part of the video with the patient's shutting their mind off everything clicked together.When I became pregnant I was sent to an outpatient behavioral center. Every night I sat in a room with people who had problems very similar to my own. It helped to know that there were people out there that were struggling with the same issues. At this point I was transitioning into an open mindset. I believe the rest of my group was as well. In addition to the rehab, I was going to one on one therapy, and taking medication. I was able to see the better thing in life and have a positive outlook. I believed I could do better, and I was willing to make the most out of this second chance I was given.
Having a growth mindset is more along the lines of being open to suggestions, criticism, and willing to change and grow mentally. It's about being able to take others suggestions and not be offended and want to use those suggestions to improve your work. For instance, taking constructive criticism during class from my peers about this paper would not have gone well if I did not have an open mindset.I believe that if I had a growth mind set during my time suffering from depression it could have changed my life dramatically. If I had listened to the doctor and learned about my diagnosis, and went to a therapist I feel as though I could have avoided some of the rather negative things that have happened, I could’ve even performed better academically in school.There are still times today in my life toady where I get depressed, and discouraged. Constantly thinking that it can and will get better, and that I can fix it is what keeps me going. People who have a fixed mindset tend to be more stubborn and set in their ways. They take criticism to heart and are so set in their ways they tune others out. In academic environment and non-academic I feel as though I now have a growth mindset. It took me going through a lot of tough times having a set mindset to realize one is easier to have than the other. I am constantly open to suggestion and criticism from teachers as well as my coworkers. It’s really made my life a lot easier. I actually look forward to feedback negative or positive from my teachers and classmates. Which is one of the reasons I enjoy having a blog for this class so much. I imagine having a set mindset in this class is much harder than having an open one. I think it helps us grow academically if you keep failing in your same ways and do not listen to others advice your only going to keep failing. I will continue to sustain my growth mindset especially in this course were we will have suggestions made by or teachers on how to improve our work.
In no way shape or form am I saying that all people that suffer from depression have a fixed mindset, I’m simply shedding light to a subject and discovery that I myself found interesting. Perhaps not many people have put two and two together before. Pulling these two subjects together really made me think about what affect my mindset had on me, hopefully it does the same for you!