WAR

It is known that our world is constantly in war nowadays. But is it really worth it? Should we end it? Why?

It seems that people see violence as the only way to get what they want, either territories, or money, or power, or whatever they wish. We are in constant battle. But what would happen if that changed? If countries stopped bombing other countries?

There are several reasons to be in conflict with other countries (it could be a political matter, or capital, or geographical, or even religious), but, the way I see it, we should be able to solve our problems without violence. I know it is very hard, because we have grown with that ideology, but with a bit of determination, we could change the world and make it a better place to live.

 

PATRIARCHY AND WAR

Even if we are not aware of it, patriarchy has always been behind every political and military idea. Patriarchy, together with many other ideals (imperialism, religion or capitalism, for example), has lead to many wars and exploitation movements.

All of them lead to different causes, but at the same time, they have created one patriarchal society with the same ideals that know only one only way to solve everything: war and violence.

War means power. And power has been followed by the human being for centuries. It's just that, instead of human beings, males have been the only specie allowed to show the "strength" they own, forcing others to stay in the dark. This way, discrimination such as speciesism, racism or sexism have become very common among us. Each group tries to show off their strengths, but men are the ones to apparently be strong.

Under patriarchy, white men have disproportionate political, social and economic power. Violence is male-dominated just as most aspects of political and social life are controlled by white men.

SIRIAN SITUATION

Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in Western Asia, surrounded by Turkey, Cyprus, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel and Jordan.

Petroleum in commercial quantities was first discovered in the northeast in 1956. 

Since the ongoing civil war of 2011, Syria has been isolated from many countries in the region and from all over the world, but they are getting help from countries such as Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, the United States, Belgium, Spain and the Gulf States.

SCHIZOPHRENIA

In this entry I'm going to talk about schizophrenia. I chose this disease because I think it is a very serious mental disorder, and it really arouses my interest.

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder which is characterized by abnormal social behavior and failure to recognize what is real. A person with this disorder will suffer from false beliefs of various topics, unclear or confused thinking, auditory hallucinations, reduced social engagements and emotional expression, and lack of motivation. This disorder can lead to other mental diseases, such as major depression or anxiety disorders.

Through history many doctors, psychiatrists and physicians have made several discoveries in this topic. Nowadays, schizophrenia is a disorder that can be treated. However, its prevention is nearly impossible, and not very effective. Schizophrenia is diagnosed based on criteria in self-reported experiences of the person and reported abnormalities in behavior, followed by clinical assessment by a mental health professional. Once the diagnosis is done, patients must take medication and assist to a number of psychosocial therapies. Although schizophrenics might get a bit better, it has been  proved that it can get to decrease life expectancy by 10–25 years.

NEW PRESENTATION

In this new presentation my team and I are going to be talking about genetics, mutation, stem cells and clonation. For that, we are going to use Weebly.
The topic I'm going to cover is genetically inherited mental disorders; not only illnesses and diseases, but also inherited fears or likes and dislikes.

MENTAL DISEASES

There are several factors that can cause mental illnesses, like biology, psychological trauma, environmental stressors, or even heredity (genetics). Recent discoveries have found that mental diseases traditionally thought to be distinct (autism, ADHD, bipolar disorder, major depression and schizophrenia) share genetic roots. Although it doesn't mean that if your parents may have or had a mental illness you will have one, you are more likely to face it, as they run in families.

Unfortunately, most mental illnesses are caused by a combination of factors and cannot be prevented. But they can be treated with medication, psychotherapy, hospital treatments or specific therapies. They can also be treated with alternative therapies, creative therapies, hypnotherapy, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS, but they are not as effective. 

You can see the full news here.

NEW TERM

BIOMEDICINE, HEALTH, GENETICS... As these are topics related to science, I know very few about them. Although it is true that health and diseases and subject related to that really interest me, what I know about them is really basic and simple, things that ordinary people know (maybe in some topics I might know more than other people). And actually I like learning new things related to that, but I couldn't stand having a subject for that, as I am really bad studying scientific things, because, as I always say, I study arts, and I'm really keen on it.