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Unlike the characters in Fahrenheit 451, violence and psychiatric disorders have no direct correlation in today’s society. The results of a 2006 survey showed that 60% of Americans felt people with schizophrenia would be violent and 32% thought someone with major depression would, but that has proven to be untrue (Harvard). This negative viewpoint can be caused by the misunderstanding and misinformation of these two illnesses. Schizophrenia has many positive, negative, and cognitive symptoms all affected by common risk factors (NAMI). Similar to that, there is a multitude of factors that contribute to mental disorders such as major depression ("Mental"). Just these two mental disorders alone are not causes of violence as they are often made out to be, there are a number of uncontrollable things that make one more susceptible to violence. Men are more likely to seem “angry and grouchy rather than sad and withdrawn” and often find it difficult to get help ("Men"). Repeat offenders, dual diagnoses, personality disorders, young people, and men are all more likely to be violent. Built up anger is a main cause of violence and “...may cause you to lose your temper and do reckless things” ("Negative").  Though even if a person obviously intends to be violent, the relative risk of them following through is “significantly influenced by [...] life circumstances and clinical factors” (Harvard). One of possible reasons for the previous statistic is how many people with mental illnesses are being victimized and made out to be bad people. Studies done in 2015 on mental illness and violence were published and reported that most violent crimes are committed by someone who is not mentally ill. They also found that those with a mental illness are victimized by these violent acts more than they commit violent acts. (Carroll). Violence being caused by mental disorders is incorrectly predicted in Fahrenheit 451 based on modern research.

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Fahrenheit 451 portrays denialism as a positive coping mechanism used by individuals with mental illnesses but Bradbury was incorrect predicting this. Mental disorders are very frequent because "[m]ore than half of all Americans will be diagnosed with a mental disorder at some time in their life” ("Mental"). Extensive testing is done so that people aren’t being diagnosed unless they truly have a mental illness which would cause faulty statistics. There isn’t a specific cause for these mental disorders, but instead a number of things that contribute to the risk ("Mental"). The wide variety of mental illnesses all have different symptoms that affect people in their own way whether that be severe or mild. Mental illnesses may have different effects for everyone, but men tend to try and hide their feelings rather than talk about them ("Men"). Denial is “when a person refuses to accept that anything is wrong…” and is considered a harmful way to manage emotions ("Helpful"). Denial is conidered harmful  because these feelings get bottled up and can cause a person to let them all out at once and act explosive which is not a good thing ("Helpful").  A positive way to handle any unpleasant emotions is to pause and think things through, acknowledge what caused these feelings, think about how to make the situation better, and use what was previously determined to help. Without asking for help from a professional, there are other positive coping mechanism to do at-home such as: mood boosters, addressing basic human needs (eating, drinking, sleeping), processing feelings, volunteering, and relaxation exercises ("Helpful"). It is important to use positive coping techniques instead of negative ones because treating mental illnesses may be difficult but “treatment will let you lead a full, productive life” (Harvard). Although, it is important to find coping mechanisms that work for you because many that may seem positive actually cause more stress in the long run (Aldwin). There are very few studies done on coping with mental illness because there are “... considerable challenges to obtaining controlled data on social interactions…” (Kroska and Harkness). This, along with the fact that mental illnesses affect everyone differently, make it hard to make a set plan for how to "cure" them. Unlike in Fahrenheit 451, positive coping mechanisms are out there and it is important to use them.

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Anxiety affects people no matter where there are and can cause such severe symptoms that it messes up what they were doing. However, there is a difference between normal anxiety and generalized anxiety disorder (or any other anxiety disorder). Normal anxiety is caused because of stress and affects everyone, but can be super helpful whereas G.A.D. causes stress and isn’t helpful. Three tips to controlling anxiety are feel in control of the situation, forgive yourself, and have a purpose/meaning in life.

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Imagine that you're getting ready to go to a party. You feel excited, but also nervous, and you've got this feeling in your stomach almost like another heartbeat. There's something holding you back, holding you back from getting too happy. "No, you mustn't get too happy. Better to be cautious, otherwise, something bad might happen." You start wondering, "Who should I talk to when I get there? What if no one wants to talk to me? What if they'll think I'm weird?" When you arrive at the party, someone comes up to you and starts talking with you, and as this is happening, your mind starts racing, your heart begins pounding, you start sweating, and it feels almost like you're dissociating from yourself, like it's an out-of-body experience, and you're just watching yourself talk. "Keep it together," you say to yourself, but you can't. And it's just getting worse: after a few minutes of conversation, the person you've been speaking to leaves, and you feel utterly defeated. This has been happening to you in social situations for a long time. Or imagine every time you go out, and you're in crowded places, you feel this panic starting to arise. When you're surrounded by lots of people, like on a bus, you start to feel hot, nauseous, uneasy, and to prevent this from happening, you start avoiding a lot of places which makes you feel lonely and isolated. You or the person in both of these scenarios have anxiety disorders, and what I can tell you is that anxiety is very common, much more than people think. Right now, one in 14 people around the world have an anxiety disorder, and each year, it costs over 42 billion dollars to treat this mental health problem. To show you the impact that anxiety has on someone's life, I will just mention that anxiety can lead to depression, school dropout, suicide. It makes it harder to focus, and to hold down a job, and it can lead to relationship breakdown. But a lot of people don't know this, that's why, a lot of times, people sweep anxiety under the rug as just nerves that you need to get over, as a weakness, but anxiety is so much more than that. A reason why so many people don't think it's important is that they don't know what it is. Is it your personality? Is it an illness? Is it a normal sensation? What is? That's why it's important to differentiate what is normal anxiety from what is an anxiety disorder. Normal anxiety is an emotion that we all get when we're in stressful situations. For example, let's say, you're out in the woods, and you come face-to-face with a bear. This will probably make you feel a little bit anxious, and you'll probably want to start running like crazy. This anxious feeling that you get is good because it protects you, it saves you, and it makes you on a hightail it out of there, although maybe it's not such a good idea to start running when you see a bear. I really don't think you can outrun a bear. Anxiety helps us meet our deadlines at work and deal with emergencies in life, but when this anxiety emotion is taken to the extreme and arises in situations which don't pose a real threat, then that's when you might have an anxiety disorder. For example, people with generalized anxiety disorder worry excessively and constantly about everything going on in their lives, and they find it very difficult to control this worry. They also have symptoms like restlessness, fear, they find it hard to fall asleep at night, and they can't concentrate on tasks. In spite of whatever kind of anxiety you might be suffering from, there is something that you can do to lower it. It works, and it's simpler than you may think. All too often, we're given medication for mental disorders, but it doesn't always work in the long run. Symptoms often come back, and you're back to where you started. So here's something else to consider: the way you cope or handle things has a direct impact on how much anxiety you're experiencing, and if you tweak the way you're coping, then you can lower your anxiety. In our study at the University of Cambridge, we showed that women living in poor areas have a higher risk for anxiety than women living in richer areas. These results didn't surprise us, but when we looked closer, we found that women living in poor areas, if they had a particular set of coping resources, they didn't have anxiety, while women living in poor areas without these coping resources had anxiety. Other studies showed that people who had faced extreme circumstances, who had faced adversity, been through wars and natural disasters, if they had coping resources, they remained healthy and free of mental disorders, while others, facing the same hardships but without coping skills went on a downward spiral and developed mental disorders. So what are some of these coping resources, and how can we use them to lower our anxiety? And before I dive into what they are, I'd like to point out - and I think this is so interesting - you can develop these coping resources or coping skills on your own through the things that you do; you can take charge of your anxiety and lower it, which I think is so empowering. Today I'll be talking about three coping resources, and the first one is feeling like you're in control of your life. People who feel like they're more in control of their life have better mental health. If you feel like you're lacking in control in life, then research shows that you should engage in experiences that give you greater control. I'll show you what I mean: do you sometimes find that you put off starting something because you just don't feel ready enough? Do you find it hard to make decisions like what to wear, what to eat who to date, which job to take up? Do you tend to waste a lot of time deciding what you might do while nothing gets done? A way to overcome indecision and this lack of control in life, is to do it badly. There's a quote by writer and poet GK Chesterton that says, "Anything worth doing is worth doing badly the first time." The reason why this works so well is that it speeds up your decision-making and catapults you straight into action, otherwise, you can spend hours deciding how you should go about doing something or what you should do. This can be paralyzing and can make you afraid to even begin. All too often, we aim for perfection, but never end up doing anything because the standards that we set for ourselves are too high, they're intimidating, which stresses us out so we delay starting something, or we might even abandon the whole thing altogether. Do it badly frees you up to take action. I mean you know how it is: so often, we want to do something perfectly we can't start until it's the perfect time, until we've got all the skills, but this can be daunting and stressful so why not just jump into it just do it however, without worrying if it's good or bad? This will make it that much easier to start something and as you're doing it badly to finish it, and when you look back, you'll realize, more often than not, that actually it's not that bad. A close friend of mine who has anxiety started using this motto, and this is what she said, "When I started using this motto, my life transformed. I found I could complete tasks in much shorter time periods than before. Do it badly gave me wings to take risks, to try something differently, and to have way more fun during the whole process. It took the anxiety out of everything and replaced it with excitement." So do it badly, and you can improve as you go along. I'd like to ask you to think about this: if you start using this motto today, how would your life change? The second coping strategy is to forgive yourself, and this is very powerful if you use it. People with anxiety think a lot about what they're doing wrong, their worries, and how bad they're feeling. Imagine if you had a friend who constantly pointed out everything you're doing wrong, and everything that was wrong with your life. You would probably want to get rid of this person right away, wouldn't you? Well, people with anxiety do this to themselves all day long. They're not kind to themselves. So maybe it's time to start being kinder with ourselves, time to start supporting ourselves, and a way to do this is to forgive yourself for any mistakes you think you might have made just a few moments ago to mistakes made in the past. If you had a panic attack and are embarrassed about it, forgive yourself; if you wanted to talk to someone, but couldn't muster up the courage to do so, don't worry about it, let it go; forgive yourself for anything and everything and this will give you greater compassion towards yourself. You can't begin to heal until you do this. And last but not least, having a purpose and meaning in life is a very important coping mechanism. Whatever we do in life, whatever work we produce, however much money we make, we cannot be fully happy until we know that someone else needs us, that someone else depends on our accomplishments, or on the love that we have to share. It's not that we need other people's good words to keep going in life, but if we don't do something with someone else in mind, then we're at much higher risk for poor mental health. The famous neurologist Dr. Victor Frankel said, "For people who think there's nothing to live for and nothing more to expect from life, the question is getting these people to realize that life is still expecting something from them." Doing something with someone else in mind can carry you through the toughest times. You'll know the why for your existence and will be able to bear almost any how; almost any how. So the question is do you do at least one thing with someone else in mind? This could be volunteering, or it could be sharing this knowledge that you gained today with other people, especially those who need it most, and these are often the people who don't have money for therapy, and they're usually the ones with the highest rates of anxiety disorders. Give it to them, share with others, because it can really improve your mental health. So I would like to conclude with this: another way you can do something with someone else in mind is finishing work that might benefit future generations. Even if these people will never realize what you've done for them, it doesn't matter, because you will know, and this will make you realize the uniqueness and importance of your life. Thank you. (Applause)

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Transcript of "How to cope with anxiety"

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TED Talk Subtitles and Transcript: Imagine there's someone standing next to you all the time pointing out every! single! thing! you're doing wrong. This is what millions of anxiety sufferers feel on a daily basis, and it's awful. Anxiety researcher Olivia Remes lays out a roadmap to getting rid of that "someone."

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"A tale of mental illness - from the inside"

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"A tale of mental illness - from the inside"

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Living behind your diagnosis from the doctors can keep you from accomplishing many great things in life. Mental illnesses can start affecting you all of a sudden and you don’t even notice them building up. You have to use your disorder to better yourself and others by spreading awareness. Three things to make mental illness better is putting more resources into research, stop criminalizing mental illnesses, and portray accurate mental illnesses in entertainment.

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TED Talk Subtitles and Transcript: "Is it okay if I totally trash your office?" It's a question Elyn Saks once asked her doctor, and it wasn't a joke. A legal scholar, in 2007 Saks came forward with her own story of schizophrenia, controlled by drugs and therapy but ever-present.

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The two minds have words racing through them depicting what it can feel like to have an anxiety attack or just anxiety in general. It proves that dealing with mental illnesses is not easy.

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Listed are five ways to positively cope with mental illnesses. This shows how easy it is to chose positive coping versus negative coping.

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Attached are facts about how mental illnesses affect America from statistics, to consequences, to treatment plans.

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This quote talks about how in order to see results, a person must choose to help themselves no matter how difficult. It encourages people to seek help, but also lets them know that having a rough time is normal.

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This quote talks about how if someone asks for help, it isn’t them overreacting. Many people will choose to hide their problems as to not seem needy.

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Fahrenheit 451 has several characters that don’t deny their problems, but do not have adequate resources to positively deal with these problems. In the novel, the firemen go around town burning down houses with books inside, and at one of the fires Montag stole a book before it was burned. He kept it a secret from his wife by hiding it under his pillow, but one day while another fireman, Beatty, was there, she went to fix his pillow and found the book. Beatty said to Montag, “Surely you remember the boy in your own school class who was exceptionally bright; did most of the reciting and answering while the others sat like so many leaden idols, hating him. And wasn’t it this bright boy you selected for beatings and tortures after hours?” (Bradbury 55). This boy was a symbol of being different and the other children could not accept the fact that he was smarter than them so they beat him up. Beatty gave this anecdote so Montag would begin to understand how he, like others, feared things that were different and proved it to him with an example of how he once reacted using violence. Montag collects more books over time until finally, the fireman show up to burn his house down. As Montag runs away from the burnt down house, he begins to think about how he just killed Beatty with a flamethrower and how it seemed too easy. “Beatty had wanted to die. He had just stood there, not really trying to save himself, just stood there, joking, needling…” (Bradbury 116). Beatty could be considered the embodiment of conflict because he represents both internal and external conflict. The fact that Beatty let Montag kill him so easy shows that internally, he was fighting with the thought of not wanting to be alive. On the other hand, there is external conflict because he often was rude towards other people which was likely him expressing his feelings in a different way. In both situations, the characters don’t know how to properly deal with their feelings so it comes out in a violent way.

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There are many characters in Fahrenheit 451 with problems that keep building because they don’t recognize them, or refuse to do so. In the beginning of the book, Guy Montag had just met Clarisse McClellan for the first time when she asks him if he is happy and then runs away. Montag thinks to himself, “Of course I’m happy. What does she think? I’m not? he asked the quiet rooms. He stood looking up at the ventilator grill in the hall and suddenly remembered that something lay behind the grill, something that seemed to peer down at him now. He moved his eyes quickly away” (Bradbury 8). Clarisse had a genuine question for Montag, but his soliloquy is a symbol of his arrogance. He is so caught up in his own narcissism that he doesn’t stop and think about the fact that maybe he isn’t as happy as he thinks. There is also foreshadowing because later on, he starts to think about whether or not he is truly happy. Before getting to know Clarisse, Montag didn’t think twice about owning books even though he was well aware this was illegal. After several long conversations with Clarisse, he begins to undergo an internal change causing him to become a dynamic character and question several of his previous life choices. After Mildred, his wife, finds out about these books, she argues with Montag about them because she knew it was illegal and didn’t want to break the law. Montag felt what he was doing was okay and the fight with Mildred sent him running to the subway in anger. “I’m numb, he thought. When did this numbness really begin in my face? In my body? The night I kicked the pill bottle in the dark, like a buried mine” (Bradbury 73). Montag’s stream-of-consciousness acts as indirect characterization as well because he starts to realize his life isn’t as perfect as he thought. The first time, Montag is refusing to acknowledge his problems as to not disrupt what he views as an okay life. As these problems build up and become more frequent, Montag starts to not even notice that he has these problems or how bad they are affecting him. Both forms of denial are ways the characters negatively cope with their problems to make their lives easier to deal with.

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Kaitlyn Donovan
Mrs. Jenkins
English 10-7
5/9/19

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In 1953, Ray Bradbury wrote his novel Fahrenheit 451 as a platform to comment on prevalent issues and, considering present-day research, he has inaccurately predicted that a lack of healthy outlets is causing negative coping mechanisms such as denial of their personal issues and violent acts to become more frequent.