Familial Life Experiences



Familial Life Experiences

Introduction

Everyday thousands of human beings come in this beautiful world. A large number of them remain forgetful about the purpose of their existence. I am lucky who opened eyes in a home where learning was the norm of the day. My life had started 34 years ago when my parents were passing from the happiest period of life. At my birth, they were very much happy because I was the first child in the home. They were confident and invested a huge amount of time, money and energy in my nourishment. Although I have not remembered the birth of my younger brother but that moment changed my life. In my family, everything was smoothly moving, but it was drug consumption that brought countless hardships.Overall dynamics of my family

At the time of my birth, my family was settled in Hobbs, New Mexico. It was a small city, but there was the availability of all necessary things. On 27th November 1979, at the occasion of my birth, my parent promised with each other to remain away from drugs and alcohol. They realized their responsibilities because a baby was in their hands. Financially, our family was much strong, and we have not experienced any hard times. Socially, our family had a good network of friends and enjoyed different societal, familial and cultural events. In addition, my paternal and maternal family was also large, and usually there were gatherings. These all things helped me to socialize in peaceful, intellectual and learning environment.

Impact of familial experiences in my personal and professional behaviors

Drug consumption was bone of contention in our family and still it remained a source of pains and sorrows. Unfortunately, my brother also involved in drug consumption and now he frequently uses drugs. Different theories say that family is the first social institution where children learn different behaviors and internalizes them. I believe my family environment had significant affect on the personality of my brother.

Moreover, drug consumption is the source of depression and loneliness. It also becomes the chief cause of sleeping and eating disorder. When I was 17 years old, our family was facing some minor problems. As an addicted of drugs, my father could not face them effectively, and he went into depression. In order to get rid of these issues, he committed suicide. My fathers' friend is professor of Psychology. We have good relations with him and my dad had discussed all the problems with him. He also said that owing to drug his mental stat was unstable. This is the reason I hate drugs and loudly speak against it in the family as well as in friends.

From my family, I learned that social network, recreational activities and attending of religious, social and cultural events helps us to live happily. The sense of responsibility, punctuality of time, group work, managing affairs according to the budget and time are my familial experience, which helped me a lot in professional ...