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The Invisible Girls:
A Memoir
Author: Sarah Thebarge
Presented by Nikkita Scott
Human Development
Athens Technical College
All About Me
• Sarah Thebarge
• Breast Cancer Survivor
• Ivy League Education
• Christian Woman
Strangers to You…
…Friends to Me
• Somalia Family:
Hahdi and her 5
girls
• Refugee
• Train Ride
• Abusive Husband
• 8 children total
• Cultural
Differences
Visual Identity
• Connectivity through
images
• Sending photos
• Perception
• What you see is what
you get
• Person’s Identity
• Society sometimes uses
the visual to determine a
person’s identity, and
how they view them
• Seeking Acceptance
Activity as a Tool in Language
• Getting Familiar
• Things that they
are already
familiar with
• Daily Activities
• Basic chores
and day to day
activiites.
Mooovvveeeee
• Relocation more than 3 to
4 times within an allotted
time
• Affects Family
• Parents and siblings
• Behavioral Problems
• Problems Developing
Socially
• Strained Relationships
• Negativity
Effects of Residental
Instability
Spousal Abuse
• Private and Personal vs
Public and Open
• A personal matter that
affects the community
• The victim
• Preventative Measures
• Studies show how utilizing
different resources and
organizations to support the
victims decrease the chance
of reoccurrence.
To Be or Not to be…
• Relationships after
Breast Cancer
Diagnosis
• Self-Esteem
• Self-Love
• Confidence
• Femininity
• Appearance
• Studies prove that the
separation rate is
greater in a relationship
over the formation of
women with breast
cancer
• Sarah struggled with
these factors
significantly. She felt
she would never be
able to feel the love of
another being.
Gender Roles
Marital Quality
• Being Equal
• Life Satisfaction
• Femininity
• Traditional Values
• Women: birth children,
cook, clean
• Men: Work, bring home
the money
Dealing with an Illness
• Different with the
diagnosis
• Circumstances
• Overwhelmed
• If no support, instability
• Friends and Family
• Sarah’s reoccurrence
• Emotional Breakdown
Breast Cancer Survivor
During Recovery: Religious
Support
Positive Effects of
Spirituality with a mental
illness
• People with higher
understanding and
guidance of spiritual growth
are able to cope and
recover within their illness.
• Sarah was able to regain
focus and understood God’s
work and the will he had for
her.
Negative Effects of
Spirituality with a mental
illness
• Emotional desolation
(emptiness)
• Anger
Spirituality
• Religion, and Beliefs
• Growing up
• Spiritual environment
• ¾ Fulfillment, happy
• Depression
• ¼ Depressed, mental disorders
Spirituality
Believers
NonBelievers
How Do I Move On…
• Parents coping with the death of a child
• Hahdi had 8 children, 5 girls and 3 boys
• Her boys died in Somali due to the poor conditions there
• Step System
• Parents go through a series of steps
• Devastation, Denial, Depression, Reconstruction
• Parenting
• Responsibilities as a parent
• Protectiveness
• Strength
References
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Occupational Therapy, 19(6), 530-541. doi:10.3109/11038128.2012.661455
• Hamlin II, E. R. (1991). Community-based spouse abuse protection and family preservation team. Social Work, 36(5), 402-406.
• Buckle, J. L., & Fleming, S. J. (2011). Parenting after the death of a child: A practitioner's guide. New York: Brunner-Routledge.
• Iffland, B., Sansen, L. M., Catani, C., Neuner, F., Whittle, S., & Rauthmann, J. F. (2014). Rapid heartbeat, but dry palms: reactions of
heart rate and skin conductance levels to social rejection. Frontiers in Psychology, 51-10. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00956
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• Stoneman, Z. H. (1999). Effects of residential instability on head start children and their relationships with older.. Child Development,
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Family Studies, 24(1), 127-140. doi:10.1007/s10826-013-9820-4
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among the married individuals. Psychology, Society & Education, 6(2), 94.
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Invisible Girls

  • 1. The Invisible Girls: A Memoir Author: Sarah Thebarge Presented by Nikkita Scott Human Development Athens Technical College
  • 2.
  • 3. All About Me • Sarah Thebarge • Breast Cancer Survivor • Ivy League Education • Christian Woman
  • 4. Strangers to You… …Friends to Me • Somalia Family: Hahdi and her 5 girls • Refugee • Train Ride • Abusive Husband • 8 children total • Cultural Differences
  • 5. Visual Identity • Connectivity through images • Sending photos • Perception • What you see is what you get • Person’s Identity • Society sometimes uses the visual to determine a person’s identity, and how they view them • Seeking Acceptance
  • 6. Activity as a Tool in Language • Getting Familiar • Things that they are already familiar with • Daily Activities • Basic chores and day to day activiites.
  • 7. Mooovvveeeee • Relocation more than 3 to 4 times within an allotted time • Affects Family • Parents and siblings • Behavioral Problems • Problems Developing Socially • Strained Relationships • Negativity Effects of Residental Instability
  • 8. Spousal Abuse • Private and Personal vs Public and Open • A personal matter that affects the community • The victim • Preventative Measures • Studies show how utilizing different resources and organizations to support the victims decrease the chance of reoccurrence.
  • 9. To Be or Not to be… • Relationships after Breast Cancer Diagnosis • Self-Esteem • Self-Love • Confidence • Femininity • Appearance • Studies prove that the separation rate is greater in a relationship over the formation of women with breast cancer • Sarah struggled with these factors significantly. She felt she would never be able to feel the love of another being.
  • 10. Gender Roles Marital Quality • Being Equal • Life Satisfaction • Femininity • Traditional Values • Women: birth children, cook, clean • Men: Work, bring home the money
  • 11. Dealing with an Illness • Different with the diagnosis • Circumstances • Overwhelmed • If no support, instability • Friends and Family • Sarah’s reoccurrence • Emotional Breakdown Breast Cancer Survivor
  • 12. During Recovery: Religious Support Positive Effects of Spirituality with a mental illness • People with higher understanding and guidance of spiritual growth are able to cope and recover within their illness. • Sarah was able to regain focus and understood God’s work and the will he had for her. Negative Effects of Spirituality with a mental illness • Emotional desolation (emptiness) • Anger
  • 13. Spirituality • Religion, and Beliefs • Growing up • Spiritual environment • ¾ Fulfillment, happy • Depression • ¼ Depressed, mental disorders Spirituality Believers NonBelievers
  • 14. How Do I Move On… • Parents coping with the death of a child • Hahdi had 8 children, 5 girls and 3 boys • Her boys died in Somali due to the poor conditions there • Step System • Parents go through a series of steps • Devastation, Denial, Depression, Reconstruction • Parenting • Responsibilities as a parent • Protectiveness • Strength
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