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- With Bliss being in a poly relationship with Elanore she is now openly bisexual and confident in her sexuality

She continues to live with her husband and her lover as a PA. The three adults are all involved in the lives of Bliss and Fabio's children.

She begins to take therapy sessions to cope with the loss of her grandmother while also wanting to improve the relationship with her parents and sisters

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Internalizing problems are a group of emotional symptoms turned inward. Those with these problems will often keep negative emotions locked up and try to face them alone.

Due to the household environment she was raised in, she never learned how to express emotional problems and would instead lock feelings up inside her.

Internalizing problems is why she was not able to communicate with Fabio that she needed more passion in their relationship. She continues to work on the issue though as she wants to teach her children to communicate and express their emotions openly.

(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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Sternberg's triangular theory of love explains that there are three components to a healthy secure romantic love. Passion, intimacy, and commitment.

Bliss's relationship with fabio, she had intimacy and commitment to some degree, but was lacking the passion which is where Ellanora came into the picture.

(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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- Bliss is trying to do everything her parents did not
- She is a Authoritative Parent

Sets clear rules

Solves problems with the children

Open communication and natural consequences

(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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Bliss already being in the nursing field steps up to care for other aging elders who have no support. In honor of her grandmother, she begins to spend time working in a hospice care program. Bliss is recognized as the most important source of care for the elders in the facility.
(Sigelman & Rider,2017)

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- Bliss, Fabio, and Ellanora are all now in one houshold.
(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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As Fabio and Bliss get more serious with Ellanora, Bliss's daughters Sol and Leonora form a strong attachment with "Auntie Ella."
Their family structure isn't considered normal as Ellanora moves in, but the family adjusts accordingly.
(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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After being anxious and ambivalent for so long, Bliss is finally secure in attachment. Now being low in anxiety and in avoidance and a having healthy balance.
(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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Fabio and Bliss decide not to leave each other because of cheating, instead they agree to establish a polyamorous relationship. They both have a strong feeling of love for Ellanora. They all have much in common so why not? They literally are the perfect throuple!
(Sigelman & Rider,2017)

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After working in school some more, Bliss gets her master's and becomes a physician's assistant!

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Bliss's self-esteem has significantly increased since she has found herself. She knows who she is and what she wants.
(Sigelman & Rider,2017)

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Openness to experience: Her curiosity and interest variety is non- existent because she is no longer battling with her career
Conscientiousness: She is definitely organized and disciplined
Extraversion and Agreeableness: She has really found warmth and positive emotions toward her significant other and is learning to trust.
Neuroticism: She is questioning if she is going to be a good wife but she is stable in her decision to get married.
(Sigelman & Rider,2017)

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For her job, Bliss took the Thomas Kilman Assessment.
Discovered she has an avoidance style of conflict according to the assessment
Found it interesting, since she feels that she usually runs from her problems.
(Thomas & Kilman, 2020)

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Bliss has now completed college and is well within her career. She is experiencing an identity achievement status, where she  knows what it is she wants to do and is working hard as the lead nurse in the office.

(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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- The quality and quanity of sex was getting bad. Which made Bliss go astray.
- Due to this Bliss goes out and cheat with another nurse named Elanore.
(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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The negative mental health issues she's experienced in her childhood has really dictated the closeness of her and her family. She's stuck between wanting to fix the relationship with her family all while dealing with personal issues including her own husband and children.

(Parker et. Al., 2018)

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After Bison's Death, gets close to Fábio.
Experiences intimacy vs. isolation, and becomes very intimate with Fábio
(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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Someone close to is an addict

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The degree means a different set of duties. Bliss now has more experience and it has been paying off. She has more hands on time with patients. She has been promoted to lead nurse, and becomes the practice's go to nurse for teenage girls that are contemplating sex and for teen moms in moments of crisis.

(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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As Bliss sees her grandmother go through her dementia diagnostic, Bliss starts worrying about her own memory.
During school, Bliss works on her memory recalling skills and develops different strategies like rehearsal of her lecture notes
(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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Due to Bliss' sexual experiences when young, Bliss has many explicit autobiographical memory of her best experiences being sexual.  These memories help create a craving for new sexual experiences, which, according to Graham et al., may suggest hypersexuality disorder (2016).

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As Bliss begins to mature, she is now at an understanding that there is no right answer to everything. Life has become more complex. As she begins to grow in life, her thinking becomes more creative and flexible.

relativistic thinking- understanding that knowledge depends on its context and the subjective perspective of the knower

(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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Environments that expose a person to a wider range of ideas, roles, and experiences can foster this higher level of thinking.

Bliss developed her Dialect thinking most significantly during the time when she dropped out of college and joined the work force

She made a wide variety of friends who opened her mind to new ideas and ways of thinking that she had never been exposed to before.

(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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- Now that her grandmother has been diagonsed with dementia.
- Trust fund has been made to where she gets a check every month
-Bliss decides to go back to school.

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-By developing cognitive skills, you help your brain process information more quickly and efficiently.
-In the workplace, cognitive skills help you interpret data, remember and pay close attention to directions from your boss.
- Cognitive ability deals with mental capabilities such as excellent memory, verbal comprehension, reasoning, analyzing, and problem-solving, which are all important elements of worker skill in companies especially in nursing.
(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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Bliss showed early signs of giftedness in school such as being highly curious and motivated to learn as well as having advanced language skills.

Being raised primarily in her grandmothers house, there would often be older adults in the house who had the time to talk with her which may be a significant factor in her early advanced language skills.

(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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After dropping out, Bliss started partying quite a bit
Developed tinnitus for a bit because of it
(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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Gardner proves that each type of intelligence has its own distinctive developmental course. Bliss is a logical thinker,  which shows up later as she matures her thought process and masters her science courses in college.
(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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- Practical Intelligence
-based on how she was raised
- she adapts to every enviroment that she is in
(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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-Bliss started college out of high school, but quickly dropped out due to her lack of attention and need to multitask.
-Started working multiple jobs until she found something she likes
(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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The adolescent growth spurt is triggered by an increase in the level of growth hormones circulating through the body. Girls achieve their adult height by age 16.

at age 16, Bliss reached her height of 5'2 ft.

(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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Adolescents are notorious for taking chances  and engaging in risky behavior. The part of the brain responsible for regulating self-control has not fully matured. The reward system of the brain is hyper-responsive leading to more reward seeking behavior.

In her late teen years, Bliss went through a rebellious phase and was a bit of a partier, though never got into serious lasting trouble.

During this time, bliss was exploring new ways of life and was particularly vulnerable to peer pressure.

(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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The adult brain is capable of generating new neurons. In Bliss's adulthood she was able to achieve a bachelor's degree because her brain reached a certain capacity to obtain information.
(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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Senior soccer star when she was a freshman
Had a huge crush on him but never acted on it

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Bliss stays active throughout high school since she enjoys soccer
She enjoys playing midfield
Super popular because of sports, and inspires her to live a healthy life
(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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Bliss is a night owl

She has trouble controlling her emotions which makes her come off a little more aggressive

Because she stays up late, she had some trouble staying focused in school which led to her failing a test.  Her solution was to start drinking coffee and Red Bull to keep herself up so she can focus better in class.

(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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-signs of sexual maturity
-increased hormone production
-trigger sexual thoughts
-even act on those thoughts
Bliss went through this and had a nasty/ ugly exprience.
(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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Bliss's PMS wasn't as severe as some women experience, but she still experienced pains from cramps here and there.
(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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-Fell in love with Hunter Lyon and was easily manipulated into losing her virginity because she was not taught to have secure boundaries and was easily swayed.
-Lacked much attention at home - especially emotionally so the attention and "love" she was getting from Hunter was very drawing.
-Hadn't had much knowledge of what real love looked like as she lacked a good example at home with her parent's failed relationship. Her relationship with Hunter was purely physical.
(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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Bliss is easy going because she wants that attachment to with others. Although she would feel uncomfortable around certain people who hold her to a certain standard without putting her best interest forward.
(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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-Mother was narcissistic and always criticized and yelled at Bliss when she was around
-Pavlov'ed Bliss into getting nervous around her mother
-"Behavioral theory"
(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

-Mother was narcissistic and always criticized and yelled at Bliss when she was around

-Pavlov'ed Bliss into getting nervous around her mother

-"Behavioral theory"

(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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Bliss' high school and adolescent boyfriend

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-Started working with Dr. Vilar straight out of high school
-With Mary Jo and Dr. Vilar inspiring her, Bliss' cognitive perspective of her life begins to shift
-Helps her make the decision to go to college
(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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Bliss’s parents were permissive neglectful. Their parenting styles effected her in her adolescence because she would always want assurance that she wouldn’t be left alone, and would always long for love that is why her attachment style was anxious and ambivalent.
(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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18 years old graduating with assoicates and high school dimploma
- works at the Doctor office with Dr. Villar
- Curious when it comes to sexual encounterments, and identity.

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-Raised mainly by Mary Jo, but mother still apart of her life
-Rejected mother's ideas of what a woman should be in adolescence
-Disconnect from her Hispanic culture
(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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- confusion with sexual identity
-maturing
-dating
(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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-Very authoritative parent
-Did punish Bliss, but still listened
-Helped develop Bliss into a bright young girl
-Bliss did have a rebellious phase though
(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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Graham, F. J., Walters, G. D., Harris, D. A., & Knight, R. A. (2016). Is Hypersexuality Dimensional or Categorical? Evidence From Male and Female College Samples. Journal of Sex Research, 53(2), 224–238. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2014.1003524

Parker, E. O., Maier, C., & Wojciak, A. (2018). Childhood abuse and family obligation in middle adulthood: findings from the MIDUS II National Survey. Journal of Family Therapy, 40(1), 120–141. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6427.12114

Sigelman, C. K., & Rider, E. A. (2017). Life-Span Human Development (9th ed.). Cengage Learning.

Thomas, K. L., & Kilman, R. H. (2020, December 24). Take the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI) Take this assessment tool and discover which of the five conflict modes you might be using too much or too little. . . or just right. Kilmann Diagnostics. https://kilmanndiagnostics.com/overview-thomas-kilmann-conflict-mode-instrument-tki/

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Bliss' younger brother who died of a drug overdose

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-Permissive-neglectful Parents
-Raised by Bliss and as she started working he had lost a sense of direction so resorted to drugs then became addicted
-Bliss was ill prepared to raise someone but she tried her best

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-Bella, Beatrice, and Bianca
-very envious of Bliss because of her successful relationships, career, and family life.
- Raised by Mary Jo as well

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Autumn Vayaguez and Cody McCallen
Father was in and out Bliss’ life
Father was a drug addict but very proud
of Bliss
Father treated Bliss like a golden child
Mother constantly working  leading to neglectful parenting style

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Bliss' Scottish grandmother and her inspiration throughout her life

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As it turns out, Fábio and Bliss have been cheating on each other with the same person

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Her husband, Fábio, and the son of her boss, Dr. Vilar.

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Bliss is 36
Married
mother of 2 girls
has a bachelor of science in nursing
4th child out of 5
Generational curse breaker
At this point, Bliss' grandmother and caretaker has passed.

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Late developing girls focus more on academic skills

Bliss was very smart and stayed in her books

Late maturing girls may experience some anxiety as they wait to mature.

Bliss’ sisters were more matured and her being the youngest, she anticipated growing to be big and strong like her sisters.

(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)

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The way Bliss was raised really messed with her internally, so the information she received from the environment had an impact on her because that was her way of dealing with the issues of neglect she faced externally.
(Sigelman & Rider, 2017)