Kimber J.

So my Advanced Abnormal Psychology class is discussing our society's obsession with abnormal functioning and how it's celebrated through our media. Awards are given to actors and writers who eloquently depict the life and time of someone suffering a syndrome or disorder caused by Abnormal Functioning. Posted below is my contribution to the discussion. Abnormal functioning can be explained through several of different veins of understanding. The few that come to mind immediately are: chemical imbalances that can result in syndromes such as Aspberger and autism, personality disorders such as bipolar or ADHD. Then there are characterizations of abnormal functioning that introduce paranormal diagnoses. The term paranormal is an adjective; a further descriptive term to explain a situation usually deemed as a phenomenon. Paranormal is essentially anything that is beyond or contrary to what can be deemed possible or probable. It is usually associated with telekinesis (ability t...

Fifty-eight weeks ago I promised myself I’d write more… guess how many journal entries, dear diary moments, and blog postings I’ve successfully executed since that self-pledge... FOUR! That's an average of about once every four months. Ridiculous. Even though it’s only been a little more than one calendar year, I feel like I’ve aged a decade; we’ve moved four times together, he’s moved twice without me, all in the name of work. I’m done moving – totally over it. The best part is that all of our belongings are still in storage (where they’ve been for the past 15 months), and everything has kinda mushed into itself, which is only going to add to all the fun I’m looking forward to having when it comes time to unpack. (Yay for me…and K and P who get the pleasure of helping me!) I’d say the most revolutionary piece of the past little while has been the ever-morphing transformation that is our relationship. Sometimes it seems like our moving away was inevitable; we HAD ...