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.