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Group one film and readings - anxiety

This week was the beginning of groups introducing their readings and the film that we will watch as a class, leading to great discussions.  On Tuesday, we began with group one readings and a film that consisted of the topic of anxiety. The film we watched was a documentary by Nadiya Hussain titled "Anxiety and Me" which follows Nadiya throughout her day-to-day life and how she struggles with high functioning anxiety that disrupts most parts of her life. Nadiya's anxiety would be so bad that she would have multiple anxieties and panic attacks with the innate ability to know how to treat them due to their consistency. To not have to deal with her racing mind anymore and be able to make sure that her children don't go through what she does she finds her way to a psychologist. I personally have struggled with anxiety my entire life, but only recently have I felt the urge to consider possibly getting help. I rarely experienced anxiety and panic attacks at the rate that Nad...

Videos for week 1 - curiosity

The topic of curiosity is something that can be discussed under multiple issues. In this case, from what I can gather, we are talking about the curiosity of life and pondering the universe's existence. I typically am known for being an overthinker as I am always thinking about something whether it be something wild like what makes colors be colors or simply what pair of shoes I want to wear today. Either way, my mind never stops. In the videos given, I love how the narrators explained how easy it is to be curious about something as everything can spark curiosity if there's simply an aspect of something that you don't know about. The being of curiosity doesn't have to be so strong that you discover a new form of modern medicine, although bonus points if you do, but rather try to seek out answers to those random questions you may have throughout the day as they can lead to something greater. Stephen Hawking when discussing how precious time is was able to talk about how w...

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