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20 year old male struggling with his own problems in life
1st year mechanical engineering student
Currently living with his grandparents after he left UAE
He expressed how hard battling his own problems alone when was still living with his
dad and step mom·
He’d been through a lot at this very young age
He expressed fear, anxiety, sadness, grief, and loneliness
Identification
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In the interview we had, he indicated he’s difficulties dealing with it for the reason that
he could not find the source of all his problems especially his anxieties.
● The things that he had encountered left him broken and scarred that sometimes he
gets anxiety attacks that oftentimes led him to physically harming myself.
● He also mentioned that before he tried to find something that he could divert himself
from thinking about his past experiences but it didn’t go too well.
● He’d always felt so left out, so alone that he could not tell his deepest thoughts not
even to his very own family- not that he had one anyway but luckily he was able to
meet some people that help him cope up.
Exploitation
● As her interviewer and as his best friend, I reminded him of his self-worth, that he is
much more than his anxieties, and that we as his friends always got his back.
● I told him that the best way to overcome this kind of feeling is to talk about it, reach
out to someone. Never wonder if he should be in this world.
● I reminded him to just keep going; and be strong!
Resolution
● Encouraged himself to just keep working on it because he knows he will get there
someday.
● He started surrounding himself with positive people to avoid negativities and
loneliness.
● He was glad that he met me as his best friend and our other best friend though we
are now physically apart, he knows we are always here and somehow we gave him
a reason to continue.
● He could say meeting us is his own way of therapy.