A person does not have the ability to control what their mind is thinking while they are sleeping because their brain is not fully awake. ... Not being able to sleep well like before or not being able to stay focused can lead them to getting a sickness. ... All over the world, Los Angeles for example, a homeless person will be walking out in the streets or sleeping in areas like the park. ... Our country should do more to help those soldiers live in a home rather than rejecting them by leaving them left out. ...

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She reports flashbacks of being frightened in the dark, has a history of self-harm, problems with socializing, and low self-confidence, difficulty sleeping well, sever migraine headaches, and complaints of depression. ... The first year in Chicago in the client and her mother lived in the basement of a cousin's home until enough money was saved for the deposit on an apartment. ... He was not allowed to return to the home; the mother changed the locks and took out a protection order. ... Depressive symptoms include poor appetite, difficulty sleeping well, extreme fatigue, and feelings...

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Doreen and Esther went to a bar and sooner or later, Esther ends up getting drunk and walking home alone. ... Back home with her mother, Esther lacked summer jobs and schools. ... She stops sleeping and finds that she can neither read nor write. ... Finally, Esther decides to commit suicide by slitting her wrists, but her thinking is so distorted by the lack of sleep that she keeps failing of doing it. ... The falling action slowly goes down when the next morning, she takes an overdose of sleeping pills and hides herself in a hole in her mother's basement. ...

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In A Rose for Emily it is discovered that next to the dead body of old Homer Barron in Miss Emily's room, is a pillow where Miss Emily would lay. ... We also hear how he can not sleep at night and much prefers to sleep in the daylight, a weird case of insomnia. ... In A Rose for Emily is the death of Emily and her lover Homer Barron. ...

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After eight months of treatment in the psychiatric ward, Pat's mother comes to take him back home. ... Some of the symptoms during the manic phase are to be: overly talkative, little need for sleep, overactive, elated, irritated by advice, and much more. During Pat's first night at home, he is fixed on reading all the books on Nikki's teaching syllabus, and so, he starts by reading a book by Ernest Hemingway. He stays up all night (a symptom of not needing much sleep) to finish the book, only to get extremely upset at the unhappy ending. ... The guys around the street then beg...

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Once, John goes to his father's house, leaving Ann home alone on a snowy night. ... For example, the part where he keeps telling her that John is not coming home that night. ... She also drives John to commit suicide because she "sleeps" with Steven, making John think that she doesn't love him anymore. ...

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The couple had couldn't afford a home so they had to live in a boiler where getting in was very unpleasant. Since jobs and homes were lost many people in Cannery Row had to use the resources like a boiler to make a home. ... Malloy looks to renting the larger pipes as sleeping quarters(48). Some people living on Cannery Row live is pipes as homes. ... In the Great Depression, people were angry about losing their jobs,homes and money. ...

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Poetry Selections on Values In the poem "Is My Team Ploughing" by A. E. Housman, the speaker remains nameless, but it is apparent he is not with the living. The dead man appears to be a good man, and is concerned about everyone he left behind in the living world, and wants to know if they have mo...

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He sees an old man, who has no reason to live, nobody to go home to, whose only comfort is this Café. ... He returns home to sleep, even though he is aware that he won't be able to sleep. ... The older waiter describes himself as the one of those who like to stay late in the Café, and one of those who doesn't like to go to sleep at night. ...

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Seratonin is a neurotransmitter, which aids the body in sleep and keeps Mary a "happy, normal person."" ... I couldn't sleep. I could go to sleep, but I was up every hour on the hour. 4. ... Dallas was home for me, even though I didn't have any real family there. ... I called her to tell her I was coming home. ...

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Nervousness and problems sleeping are more likely to be the cause of anxiety rather than depression. ... The inner clock in your body just seems to stop, which can cause you to under sleep or oversleep. ... As well as the melatonin chemical, which affects your sleeping, will also drop. ... Sleeping problems may also occur where you either can't get to sleep, or wake up many times during the night, causing you to be extremely tired the next day. ... Failing classes and not doing anything at home is also a good sign. ...

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"If I was out to lunch I had to come home by one o"clock so I could sleep until six." If she wasn't able to do that she would be too tired to drive home, so someone would have to take her. After being awake for two hours she would already have to go back to bed, sleeping for another eleven hours. ...

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They end up sleeping together, and Anne is laying awake thinking about what would happen if John were to return home at that moment. ... So she wakes up for a while and then goes back to sleep. ... Their relationship is stressed even further when Ann is left at home alone with nothing to think about but their relationship because John has to go to his father's house. ... Ann is justified in her decision to "sleeps" with Steven, John's friend. ... She also drives John to commit suicide because she "sleeps" with Steven, making John think that she doesn't love him anymore. ...

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Key indicators of adolescent depression include a drastic change in eating and sleeping patterns, significant loss of interest in previous activity interests constant boredom, disruptive behavior, peer problems, increased irritability and aggression. ... Difficulty sleeping or oversleeping 5. ... Talk of or efforts to run away from home 4. ...

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After this, Onkonkwo is very sad, and cannot sleep or eat. ... The men of the tribe burn Onkonkwo's home and all of his animals to get rid of his sin. ... After this the District Commissioner goes to Onkonkwo's home to find that Onkonkwo has hanged himself. ...

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But most suicides are committed by white males from middle-class homes. ... Long periods of sitting and staring into space or sleeping during the day can be signs of serious depression. ... Change in eating and sleeping habits. ... Another indication of trouble is a change in sleeping habits. Some depressed people sleep most of the day, while others have trouble sleeping. ...

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Since she has trapped herself in her home, she has not noticed that things have changed in her town. ... Then it moves on and tells us the events that lead to her decision to murder Homer. ... Another important part in the plot is the introduction of Homer. ... Now we are introduced to Homer and we think that he is going to make things better. ... In the end, we now find out that she has been sleeping in the same bed as him as well. ...

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Shimerda must not have thought that he would have to support his family by means of plowing fields for food and actually building a home from materials gathered from the earth. ... Most likely he looked ill due to not sleeping and eating. ... And that spring, neighbors helped build a new home for the family and helped get the farm working. ...

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Domestic stress stemming from a broken home is a major psychological risk factor. ... Other warning signs may include: recent disinterest in normal activities or in life in general, deep depression followed by a "high", having trouble in school, at home, substance abuse, recent death of a close friend, loss of sleep, loss of appetite, poor grades in school, poor grooming habits, or previous suicide attempts (Dolce 97). ...

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Some of the more rampant symptoms include a change in eating and sleeping habits, a marked personality change and a lost of interest in pleasurable activities. They physically appear sad and weighted down, and can sleep a great deal, even talking in soft, tired voices (http://www.aap.org/advocacy/childhealthmonth/prevteensuicide.htm). ... Part of the reason the youth suicide rate has gone so high in recent years is because it is easier to get the tools; boys often use firearms to kill themselves (which seem to be so commonly found in homes and of easy access these days) and girls generally use...

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Major depression is manifested by a combination of symptoms (see symptom list) that interfere with the ability to work, study, sleep, eat, and enjoy once pleasurable activities. ... Apparently additional factors, possibly stresses at home, work, or school, are involved in its onset. ... Many women also face additional stresses such as responsibilities both at work and home, single parenthood, and caring for children and for aging parents. ...

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She was caught shoplifting at a local store and her mother drove her home in what Brianne describes as a "piercing silence." ... "Negative experiences, such as growing up in an abusive home or witnessing violence, increases the probability of a depressive episode in people who are at risk." ... I grew up in a nice home where everyone treated each other with respect. ... The following is a list of the things doctors look for to help diagnose depressed people: Feel persistently sad Have problems with sleep Be anxious and irritable Have thoughts of death Lose their appetite and weight Have...

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In an abusive family home a child is more likely to develop some sort of social disability based on what he has experienced. ... Not getting enough sleep may be linked to stress and guilt. ... Having a good home life and a high self-esteem would be primary for people not to be depressed. ...

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As readers begin to read the next few stanzas, the poem begins to become clearer and the mysterious "it" is discovered: "Soon, soon the flesh The grave cave ate will be At home on me And I a smiling woman. ... She tells the readers that the flesh that was eaten by her grave will soon feel at home on her, as if she was already dead and her grave ate her flesh. ... One can conclude that her second death attempt was on purpose, after reading the lines: "The second time I meant/ To last it out and not come back at all" (lines 37-38) It can be observed that Lady Lazarus' s...

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Like all the drugs put together - the lithium, the Prozac, the desipramine, and the Desyrel that I take to sleep at night - can no longer combat whatever it is that was wrong with me in the first place. ... The fact that Elizabeth has had to live threw the experiences she's had (beginning with a broken home at age three), and yet still possesses the urge to fight to stay alive, and not to submit to either the continual temptation of suicide, or the pressuring of doctors to be put into a psychiatric ward, is an extremely awe inspiring and respect worthy act on her part. ...

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