My Psychoanalytic Disorder Analysis

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When I first outlined this project, I began by drafting a schedule that included all of my assignments for each class then broke down this research paper into weekly chunks that I could complete each week to ensure I was giving myself enough time to draft, complete, edit and re-edit before writing out the final copy. When I began thinking about the disorder I was going to research I narrowed my choice down to disorders I felt I was the most uneducated on to give me an unbiased edge, by doing this I knew it would also keep my interest peeked to continue. In the first week of researching I used a pad of paper and jotted down any key facts and supportive websites I thought would be of use or key facts that stuck out to me while reading journals

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