“There are... for us no instincts—we no longer need the term in psychology. Everything we have been in the habit of calling an 'instinct' today is a result largely of training—belonging to man's learned behavior.”- John B. Watson
Behaviorism became a dominant school of thought during the 1950s. It was based off three people, John B. Watson, Ivan Pavlov, and B. F. Skinner. They’re belief was that behavior can be explained by environmental causes rather than internal forces. How I can relate to behaviorism is that when I was at home I would not share how I feel or what’s bothering me a lot I would just stay in my room and isolate me alone with my thoughts and holding everything inside. Which you might think wouldn’t be bad but with the thoughts I was thinking, it was. My thoughts were so bad at a point I would start hurting myself and think about hurting myself yes, my parents were there to support me and are always there for me to talk to but I didn’t think like that at the time I thought i was alone and no one would help me and I can only help myself and I thought by hurting myself I was helping myself but I wasn’t. My thoughts became so bad that one day when I went to go talk to the counselor at school and told her everything because I was so tired of keeping it in, I had to go to Aurora Behavioral Center. I was scared at first because my dad didn’t think I should go there or the thought I was still fine. During my time there it was better there was a lot of supportive people the nurses and techs would always make sure your okay or your comfortable. The group sessions were a great time to learn about things of how we process stuff and what are better coping skills than hurting myself. Then when I came home after six days the sessions I had with my parents and family helped my environment at home better they understand why I’m feeling how I feel or ways to help me and we are communicating better about the arguments or situations we need to talk about.