Suicides
Suicide - is an act of intentionally ending one’s own life. Nowadays there are a lot of suicides and, how it would be sad, most of them are committed in Lithuania.
All of us sometimes are thinking why people commit suicides but there is not jus one answer to this question. People commit suicides because they can not stop the pain, they can not think clearly, make decisions, get out of depression, they can not see the possibility of change, get someone’s attention or can not see to get control.
If we want to reduce numbers of committing suicides we have to notice warning signs of it. And they are ideation, substance abuse, purposelessness, anxiety, being trapped, hopelessness, withdrawal, anger, recklessness and mood change. Moreover, if our society learns and notices these warning signs I think really less suicide will be committed. Also, people have to show interest and support for those persons, be non-judgmental and do not lecture on the value of life. In addition to this, they also should not ask why a person tried to commit a suicide but offer empathy and do not dare to do this and course take actions.
And what is the most important thing it is to talk with someone because these persons are not alone with their problems. There are community mental health agencies, school counsellors or psychologists. Also, private therapists, family physicians and religious leaders who will help at any time they will be needed.
To sum up everything, suicides are a very big and serious problem in the entire world and especially in county. And we as future social workers should try to stop these massive terrible actions and raise awareness of our society about this huge and really horrible problem.
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Essay
Arachnophobia
When people today hear the word, "Arachnophobia", they think of a preposterous Hollywood movie, but arachnophobia is a very real, serious problem for many people and also for me. It can become an obsession, affecting their everyday lives in unimaginable ways. There are historical and cultural reasons for arachnophobia’s beginning.
In most of Europe during Middle Ages spiders were considered a source of evil. Any food or other things which come into contact with spiders were considered as infected. Spiders were believed to be messengers of the Black Plague and death. Europeans believed that spiders were poisonous and their bites caused many diseases. However, most of Europeans diseases were caused by completely different sources than spiders. The reasons of it were rats which carried the plague. Furthermore, non-European cultures believed that spiders were symbols of good luck or wisdom.
In addition to this, there is a traditional medical treatment of arachnophobia and it is called “systematic desensitization”. A person who has arachnophobia writes down the list of the situations with spiders from least frightening to most frightening. After that, he learns relaxation techniques which help him to deal with these situations from the list’s bottom to it’s top. Next step is to move on real situations accompanied by therapist. When a person is able to hold a live spider without fear he has overcome his phobia. Course, there are more treatments for arachnophobia, because our technology is going up every day.
To sum up everything, arachnophobia is one of a lot of phobias and nowadays it is curable and not so frightening than in the past. So, many people who have this phobia can take a breath easily and have a hope to get it off.
When people today hear the word, "Arachnophobia", they think of a preposterous Hollywood movie, but arachnophobia is a very real, serious problem for many people and also for me. It can become an obsession, affecting their everyday lives in unimaginable ways. There are historical and cultural reasons for arachnophobia’s beginning.
In most of Europe during Middle Ages spiders were considered a source of evil. Any food or other things which come into contact with spiders were considered as infected. Spiders were believed to be messengers of the Black Plague and death. Europeans believed that spiders were poisonous and their bites caused many diseases. However, most of Europeans diseases were caused by completely different sources than spiders. The reasons of it were rats which carried the plague. Furthermore, non-European cultures believed that spiders were symbols of good luck or wisdom.
In addition to this, there is a traditional medical treatment of arachnophobia and it is called “systematic desensitization”. A person who has arachnophobia writes down the list of the situations with spiders from least frightening to most frightening. After that, he learns relaxation techniques which help him to deal with these situations from the list’s bottom to it’s top. Next step is to move on real situations accompanied by therapist. When a person is able to hold a live spider without fear he has overcome his phobia. Course, there are more treatments for arachnophobia, because our technology is going up every day.
To sum up everything, arachnophobia is one of a lot of phobias and nowadays it is curable and not so frightening than in the past. So, many people who have this phobia can take a breath easily and have a hope to get it off.
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