Notebook Week 4-2d:

Excerpt from Profile draft:

During his childhood, going to the doctor or getting medical help was not a regular

occurance. “When I was a kid, I don’t really remember going to the doctor ever other than like

special occasions like a high school physical. We didn’t really diagnose that kind of thing back

then”. Mental health was not something many people talked about even just several years ago.

Susanna Schrobsdorf says, “Experts suspect that these [anxiety] statistics are on the low end of

what’s really happening, since many people do not seek help for anxiety and depression.”

I used this quote from my research to support the points made in my profile. I introduced

this quote by stating the author’s name. I cited my source more informally to match the format of

my profile. I chose to use a direct quote because I felt that the author used the best word choice

to describe her point. I used this quote as a way to support Patrick Funk’s point. He described

how mental illnesses, such as anxiety, were not discussed when he was a child. This quote

compliments what he has said because it shows that many people don’t understand that they have

anxiety. Even when people do experience anxiety, they often don’t know that they can receive

help or they don’t want help. This quote makes points that Funk was implying.

I could have used this source differently by using it when Funk talked about troubles in

his personal life. He expressed that he experienced severe anxiety during his mission and when

he returned home. It was only after a significant amount of time after that he decided to get help

with his anxiety. This quote shows how many people don’t admit that they are experiencing
anxiety. These people don’t receive the help that they need. I chose to use the quote as I did

because it better supported the point that Funk was trying to make. If I were to place the quote

when he discusses his mission, it wouldn’t support the points that he was making. Rather, it

would address a new issue that relates to anxiety.