Guide Questions:

What do you think are the traits you inherited from your mother and what traits did you inherit from your
father (list both negative and positive traits). In answering this, consider your ability of strong self-
control. Let's say your self-control is a genetic factor, did you inherit this ability from your mother or from
your father? How so?

Why do you think you grew up so fast? What motivated you to mature faster than most peers your age?
When was this decision made? Did you always have a sense of responsibility and self-control since
childhood? If not, when did it start? Did you feel it was more of your choice or do you feel like you were
forced to grow up by circumstance or was it a balance of both? (or did one factor outweigh the other? if
so, what was the factor that had greater impact e.g. your choice or circumstance) Consider also your
birth order, was it a factor in your early maturation?

Were you always prone to feelings of depression? Do you have a history of depression or mental illness
in your family? Did you grow up in a family with traditional filipino values? If so, what were those values?
If you're family had more liberal/western values, what were they? Are you very close with your family as
a whole? How is your relationship with your mother? Is it generally good or generally bad? How close are
you with your mother? (Same question with father, 2 sisters). How do you feel about your sisters
pregnancy? How did you feel initially about the birth of a niece, a new addition to the family? How do you
feel about her now? You were the second child, how did it feel before you had a younger sister? How did
you feel about the news of having a younger sister? How do you feel about your younger sister now?

How was your childhood? (Give also a few concrete examples. Were you confident as a child? Did you
have any insecurities? If so, what were those insecurities? Was your childhood generally good? How was
it good? In what way? If it was generally bad, why was it bad? How? In what way? Did you experience
some sort of trauma during childhood?)