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Unit 10 Discussion 1 Midlife crisis takes the form of societal roles, family changes, personality change and impulse control (Lundahl & Hull, 2014). During this time in a person’s life, one looks and sees if anything needs changing. They happen in some people lives, but the majority of evidence say that it only affects a quarter of U.S. adults (Lundahl & Hull, 2014). Some people experience more profound changes than others because of the daily responsibilities that they have like marriage, work and low income. These responsibilities can wear a person down to the point that a crisis takes place. Weird things happen like spouses leave one another for the milkman or the secretary (Lundahl & Hull, 2014). In my reading, I found that some individuals who have a midlife crisis find themselves in a job that is not satisfying (Lundahl & Hull, 2014). They end up changing their career to be a Social Worker so that they can help others who are experiencing a midlife crisis. Even though I haven’t experienced it, I know people who have. The worst part of midlife changes is the hot flashes. I was told this comes with midlife crisis, If it is, I’m not looking forward to them. A social worker could help the person by listening to them talk concerning their issues and disappointments. They can help that person find the meaning of their life changes and help them set some new goals in their life. Lundahl, B. W. & Hull Jr., G. H. (01/2014). Applied Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 1st Edition . [Capella]. Retrieved from https://capella.vitalsource.com/#/books/undefined/ Reply to Unit 10 Discussion 1 Beverly I tell you the truth. When you mentioned about dressing young and acting young during this time. Acting this way causes one to have to drink as the young ones do. They can hold their drink better than an older person I would think. I know people who have taken this attitude toward their life, but they wear it very well. They don’t act to much out of character. As I mentioned in my discussion, some of the ladies in my church have found new careers because of their experience with midlife crisis. They wanted a way to help others who would soon be going through what they were experiencing. As you mentioned, women are more so focused on how they look compared to men focusing on their jobs and where they are now. In reading the book midlife crisis happen in some people lives, but the majority of evidence say that it only affects a quarter of U.S. adults (Lundahl & Hull, 2014). So, what we think is a midlife crisis is not a midlife crisis? I still don’t quite understand. Unit 10 Discussion 2

The parents are not adjusting to this phase of development. Bob has turned to alcohol to substitute for human comfort and help. He is beating his wife and children to release the tension that he is feeling. Theresa is just existing. She is afraid when she is home. She has lost the relationship that she had with her children. She maybe having an affair because Bob found condoms in her purse. Bob and Theresa relationship has lost the love and compassion that I’m sure it once had. “Creating and maintaining healthy relationships takes a lot of work. Tolerance of other’s behaviors, the ability to forgive and willingness to compromise are important qualities that help in this process.” (Lundahl, B. W. & Hull Jr., G. H., 2014). One factor that may influence the father is that he may have been abused as a child. “A healthy and positive bonding experience in early life helps predict similar adult interpersonal relationships.” (Lundahl & Hull, 2014) This probably why Bob finds comfort in drinking. It takes his mind off his childhood and pass memories. Bob’s childhood problems have entered into his marriage. He has allowed them to take control and destroy his relationship with his wife. The experience has lead him to being angry and aggressive when his marriage or any relationship challenged him (Lundahl & Hull, 2014). That is why he abused his children ss well. Theresa probably didn’t feel safe talking to anyone because Bob might find out and do it again. Embarrassment of being physically and verbally abused by the man that she loved all these years of her life is probably why she has not asked for help. As a social worker, I would get Theresa to safety. Bob would be placed in a program where he can talk through his problems and how they can be solved or fixed. This program will be mainly about AA, Alcohol Anonymous. Theresa is going to need therapy concerning the abuse and neglect that she received from her husband. This situation has not happened to anyone that I know personally. I know of Alcoholics, but they are not married or have jobs. The alcohol has taken control of their lives. They cannot work. Their lives center around their addition. It has been tried time and time again to help them but they have to want the help to receive the help. Lundahl, B. W. & Hull Jr., G. H. (01/2014). Applied Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 1st Edition . [Capella]. Retrieved from https://capella.vitalsource.com/#/books/undefined/ Reply to Unit 10 Discussion 2 Donny Great work on your discussion. We both recognized that Bob was a very abusive husband and father. He drank to much which lead him to being verbal and physically abusive. I did not read or see where Theresa was a prostitute. Were you just guesting or assuming that maybe that’s what she did? I thought maybe she was having an affair because she wasn’t feeling like she was loved at home. I guest she could have been a prostitute. She did need the money. She was missing from home a lot. Maybe that’s what Bob thought she was doing when he physically abused her. Theresa may be what is considered clinically depressed. According to the book, she wouldn’t have gotten that way if she had not “recently experienced negative life events” (Lundahl & Hull, 2014). Theresa wasn’t a bad wife or mother, she just was on the receiving end of abuse and neglect and she just didn’t know how to survive it. That’s where we the social workers come in at and help once the problem is known.

Lundahl, B. W. & Hull Jr., G. H. (01/2014). Applied Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 1st Edition . [Capella]. Retrieved from https://capella.vitalsource.com/#/books/undefined/

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