Priya Patel
PSY228- B01
Discussion-6
Shane and Jonathan Mooney
Both of them faced unfavorable conditions.
• Shane
When Shane was a kid he wanted to be a man and shave. As he grew 8 years old he
wanted to be a marine biologist and after seeing a video at age 9 he said no to be a
marine biologist. When he was 10 years old his parents left him and at the age of 11 he
wanted to stay all alone. When he reached the age of 12 he was feeling to suicide and
the age of 13 he was feeling to a kill a kid. At the age of 14, he considered to be a rider
and choose that as his career. Later, his counselor says him to pick something realistic
and he chooses to be a wrestler. People considered his decision to be a wrestler foolish
and stupid. He accepted the identities that others gave. He considered his dreams self-
conscious and apologetic. People started naming his dream as silly, impossible and
foolish. Between the ages of 15-18 he hated himself for becoming the part that he loved
bullying.
• Jonathan Mooney
Jonathan had hard time sitting still. So, when he was in elementary school he used to
chill out with janitor in the hall-way. When he was in middle school, he had hard time
keeping his mouth shut. When he was in high school, he had hard time reading
specifically when he had to read aloud. He went to washroom as hid there with tears in
his eyes. He was unable to read full till he was 12 years old. He was diagnosed with