Wild, by Cheryl Strayed

Adversity

Family

Never had a father.

Mother died when she was still young.

All hurt her mental state with other people
and not trusting

Brothers not very close.

Drugs

Addicted to herion

Spent all money on it, let it rule her life

Money

Did not have a lot

Spent it all on drugs, fast food

Men

Men always played her

She didnt care anymore, and had intercourse
with whoever she felt like

Didn't trust guys for the majority of the time
because of her father walking out

Mental state (early in book)

Bad mental state

Thought everything was crashing down on her

Positves

Trail

Got to hike the entire PCT by herself
without any help for herself

Met lots of new people and got
new skills as time went by

Met her husband the day it was over

People

Met lots of people

Both good and bad people (mostly good)

Got knowledge from different people who hiked
before, so Cheryl took the time to listen and get
better

Marragie

Happily married a busniess man

Had 2 kids of her own

Wrote a book of the adventure

Mental state

Great and positive mental state + health

Effects

Subtopic

On the mind

Improved the mind substantually

Able to think clear, no anger issues, thought
about her life, and how blessed she is

Doesn't want to go back how she was ever

On the body

It was very strenuous on the body

But more importantly it strained the mind most.
When your brain tells you too quit and you don't
your training your brain your way.

People around her

Big insperation to her husband and kids

Huge inspiration for people who read the book
and an inspiration for me specifically. Seeing how
she pulled herself out of the whole and made something
out of nothing blew me away.