The week of October 13th, my father, who I didn’t have a relationship for approximately six years prior to this, was in the hospital for liver failure. This was one of the hardest things I have ever experienced, finding the strength to put aside our past issues, and be there to support him and comfort him in the hospital. I noticed I used a lot of my strengths this week revolving around my father and his health issues. A main strength I used was my kindness and generosity trait, I had to be there to comfort him as he was going through all of the health processes, with kind and encouraging words, which helped him with the distress he was feeling and the fear. Also, my bravery strength, I have never had to take charge of such a responsible role concerning any of my parents and their health, although I emotionally struggled at some points, I had to remain strong and brave for my fathers sake, which surprisingly came easy to me. I noticed a lot of my trait strengths were used, even my humor, when my father was scared I showed compassion, and strength, and also some humor to lighten up some of the difficult situations. He has a lot of health issues due to his liver which is resulted from years of alcoholism. Although, he has to want to change himself, like any other individual with addictions, I will also be there to express kind words to remind him that he is cared for, which brings out my trait of being expressing love , and lastly, the trait I would use the most during this struggle would be my ability to remain brave and keep strong, not only for my own emotional wellbeing, but for his.
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