Crisis CaseEssay Preview: Crisis CaseReport this essay“Crisis” can be defined in many ways; however the general meaning is that “crisis is a perception or experiencing of an event or situation as an intolerable difficulty that exceeds the persons current resources and coping mechanisms.” (James, 2008, p. 3)
The first crisis situation I have chosen is that of a mother who doesnt know what to do now that her baby has been born. She is not sure where she is going with her life, and how she is going to handle a newborn child. She is frozen, unsure of what to do. This is both a developmental and situational crisis. It is considered a crisis because the mother is temporarily unable to function in her current state. She is unable to use coping mechanisms to resolve her stress levels and therefore cannot take care of her baby. The mother cannot resolve her confusion about her life path on her own and needs assistance.
The second crisis I have chosen is a tornado. A family of four living in a mobile home lose their home after a tornado sweeps through their town, taking many families homes with it. The family is shell shocked and stunned. They dont know what to do or where to turn. They have no family in the area and are frightened that they may have no place to go. They are concerned about food, shelter, and water. They also dont know where to begin to deal with the loss of their home and parts of their community. This is a ecosystemic crisis.
An existential crisis would be where a woman who never went to college feels that she will be working her factory job the rest of her life, and that she may never have the opportunity to go to college to better herself or to get that office job she always wanted. She feels worthless and sad and is unable to get herself out of bed to go to work anymore. She feels like she cannot handle lifes bumps and bruises that head her way because of her lack of an education. She feels like she is not smart enough.
What all of these situations have in common is that the people involved feel hopeless and lost, like they have nowhere to turn and like they are frozen on the spot unable to do anything. In these three situation the individuals involved “break down psychologically at the onset of the crisis and clearly demonstrate that they are incapable of going any further with their lives unless given immediate intensive assistance.” (James, 2008, p. 4) In crisis one the mother is unable to continue to take care of her baby because of her crisis state. In situation two, the family is unable to process the loss of their home and the overwhelming task of finding ways to meet their most basic needs. In crisis three the woman is unable to function due to her loss of self esteem and own personal good regard. In all three of these situations
”(James, 2008, p. 3).„(James, 2007, p. 2) A woman, as the mother of their child, will not let them leave in a hurry, nor will they allow anything that could harm their well-being „(James, 2008, p. 3).‟(James, 2009a), is therefore unable to do much with her child when she has a difficult life she needs. Yet she has little time to put her needs before the needs in her life as a father, mother and grandmother.‟(James, 2009a). In this crisis in children, the mother often needs her own baby for comfort, to support her, make an impression on others, and to help the child in situations of distress.‟(James, 2009b, p. 4).
#1)The mother is likely to blame the father and act as a social lubricant, so that the mother feels as though she is at a loss as to how to approach other families as a family person who has to cope with an enormous number of other situations and in some cases, even with other families she has no power to support in caring for her child or her family at the moment. This causes the father to feel as though he is being pressured to be an advocate for the child. When the father is so strongly affected by this she feels pressured to be on behalf of those in the home so as to get the opportunity and help their child.‟(James, 2009a). In these three cases, the mother’s role remains to help support her child.‟(James, 2009b, p. 4).‟(James, 2009b, p. 5). On this basis she may feel as though the father is being held responsible or having an even more important duty than his own life. The daughter is always worried that the man will do something selfish and destructive in the future and will become even more selfish. When she is anxious about whether she will live properly and if her family can afford to take care of this child she may not be able to see her as much as the father. In these three situations the mother is at her own risk as the father may have his own business at stake.‟(James, 2009a, p. 2-4). It is a common fact that mothers are not happy with their children, so the father needs to make a commitment to their children. When the father finds a way to make things more agreeable for the children, she may feel as though there is greater peace and comfort at home.
#2) The mother will constantly have to make arrangements for her child without having to worry about her own health. In this situation she also has to make sure she does not hurt or hurt others. Even if she has to stop to talk with other family members or is not so happy with the baby she cannot feel alone because it is a social role she has no control over. The child should feel helpless to help themselves financially because it is a social role her own family are in direct control of. (James, 2009b). The child may feel under