The Importance Of Life In Trence

Should people put the value of life into monetary value or should life be kept solely as an emotional quantity? People and societies throughout the ages have been trying to answer the problem of putting the value of life into terms of dollar bills. The ancient Egyptians buried their dead with all of their worldly belongings. They believed a person’s monetary worth on Earth was over, and they should take all of that earthly worth with them to the afterlife. Modern day Americans are different from the Egyptians. Today people believe that the families of the dead should be compensated for “their” loss.

To live a good life is the proposed goal of everyone and anyone on the planet who has not yet lost their will to live. As living beings native to this beautiful green Earth it is the intrinsic of the human species to not only survive but to pursue the highest quality of life available. In nature it more desirable from the lion to entrap an elephant than a gazelle, simply because while both result in the pride being fed, the elephant will feed them more comfortably. In nature it is never simply about surviving as it is about living. Most people will work to surround themselves with shiny trinkets of gold, luxurious fabrics, decadent foods, and high-ranking people under the pretense that those are the hallmarks of the good life. This idea permeates human culture across the globe, the idea of wealth a status being essential to a happy life. It becomes a pressure that, in the profound words of David Bowie and Freddie Mercury, burns a building down, splits a family in two, and puts people on streets. From the the skin bleaching epidemic in the third-world resulted from the fervent desire to reflect standards of wealth and beauty, to the powerful drug cartels that run entire countries, to the the poisonous music that resonates with the youth of today, many things are all in the pursuit of wealth and perceived status, at the expense of both the individual and the community. The good life equates to happiness. The definition of a good life is not marked by worldly goods and

Social anxiety latches on to its victims and sucks all hope and motivation for self improvement and success to the point where it seems that any and all attempts to overcome it are out of reach. What once was a crippling disadvantage, is now what I have to thank for becoming my true self. It took four years to be able manage the sense of trepidation and overwhelming panic when going about day-to-day activities such as asking questions in class or even having a conversation with any acquaintances; however, I would not change anything that I have experienced.

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My anxiety still comes to consume me at times, but not as much as before. I still dread having to talk to strangers, I hate talking in front of groups, and to this day I'm horrible at small talk. But I can get out of bed and talk to people at work and answer the door for a delivery. I wouldn’t say that I’m brave or strong, but I can survive and that's all that

When I first came to America in the cold winter of 2006, the cultural shock and being in an unfamiliar place changed my personality to a degree where I was very afraid to meet people. I was extremely shy and anti-social.

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This all has lead to where I am now. Comfortable with who I am and confident in who I’m still in the process of becoming. A given I know about myself now is that, without my social anxiety, I’m able to hold great conversation and enjoy myself out and about, however, I’m no extravert. I still enjoy a good book and staying in more than being social. The difference being, now I can also enjoy going out and being social. Along with that bonus, I don’t run and hide when people pop over to visit. Well, occasionally I still run and hide, but that's because of them and not

Everyone has their own problems, and I feel like it'd be an imposition to share mine. In any case, the shift that collapsed my sociality and replaced it with introversion involved a temporary farewell to people close to me and a permanent goodbye to someone extremely close. Having social anxiety however, at times, can sound stupid to have, like where's the difficulty in just talking to people, and

I wasn’t as scared of human interaction and I looked forward to seeing and talking to people. I made friends and met up with some Instagram followers at concerts and festivals. I still to this day talk to many of them and interact with them on a daily basis. I don’t stay at home everyday I actually go to school now and I’m not letting my social anxiety hold me back from doing what I want to do. I got my life back all because of communication and having people around me to talk to for support and encouragement and that’s why I believe and owe my life to a basic human skill which for so many years was a struggle for

Dealing with social anxiety is very tough. Things that can normally seem easy to one person is very difficult for someone with social anxiety. I, myself have social anxiety. I have had it since I was younger. Normally, younger children are outgoing in a way and don’t really care what someone thinks about them. Growing up I was not a “people’s person”. I would get nervous if someone didn’t like me or what someone thought of me. Someone’s opinion of me affected me so much. Everyday tasks were way harder for me than they needed to be. In school I wouldn’t even like to ask questions, afraid of what the teacher or students might think. I didn’t enjoy valentine’s day because I was afraid someone would forget about me. Still to this day I hate my birthday. If my birthday would fall on a weekday I wouldn’t go to school because what if someone forgot about my birthday? I have been shy and more to myself my whole life. I don’t like talking to strangers or in front of classmates, I still struggle talking to teachers or if I’m put in a group at school. I even have trouble sometimes talking to friends or family. I don’t know why this is an issue for me but it is like if someone starts asking a lot of questions or if I am put on the spot I get nervous. I am considered a “quiet” person because of this. To this day I am unable to do certain tasks without preparation, for example, I don’t like going through drive-thrus because I don’t want to be the one

People will never know the potential of someone or something until it has been pushed to the limit. Life tends to bring difficult situations to test the amount of potential that someone carries within them. This tests come in a form of a loss of a loved one, experiencing a major illness, or a traumatic experience from an intense accident. This tests push people to their limit allowing them to be vulnerable to a deep depression due to the amount of impact that it brings to their lives. However, everyone reacts differently to these types of situations. Not everyone falls in depression, some do but for a short period of time, and others end up seeking for help due to the major impact that this can cause in their lives. It is not easy to remain strong as a rock when the wind hits you hard as a tornado. Everyone has faced this obstacles at least once in their lives and if they have not faced them yet, they will very soon. Let’s think about the top historical tragic events in America, what was the reaction of the people? What about the United States soldiers fighting everyday for their own country? How do their bodies respond after experiencing a war? In the story of “A Temporary Matter” by Jhumpa Lahiri, the characters struggle through a very difficult phase in their lives after they lose their newborn child. Here, we will prove that Shoba, the antagonist of the story, was experiencing situational depression after the death of her child by strengthening my analysis with the

To answer the question does the value or disvalue of something depend wholly on the pleasure or pain that it gives, I shall refer mainly to hedonism. The term hedonism follows the school of thought that pleasure, and what is intrinsically of the highest good, can dictate how we as individuals are motivated to behave. As such, hedonistic theories establish that pleasure and pain are the only components of the measure of life’s value or disvalue respectively. Philosophically speaking, hedonistic assumptions with regards to the value of life and wellbeing, affirms that pleasure is solely intrinsically valuable, and pain is intrinsically not valuable. I intend to compare significant points of connection and contrast between the value of life and wellbeing, as well as the value or disvalue of something dependant wholly on the pleasure or pain that it gives.

In the words of Mahatma Ghandi: “The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.” The events relating to the recent Life Esidimeni-tragedy shocked many South Africans and caused great concern for the carelessness and negligence with which many mental health care users were treated. With a still-growing death toll and the number of related human rights-violations which keeps rising, the Life Esidimeni-case has various severe implications not only for the mental health care users and their families, but also for every South African citizen as well. This essay will aim to discuss the events of the Life Esidimeni-case, and illustrate how it resulted in some severe legal consequences. In addition, this essay will examine the current challenges in mental health care, and offer recommendations for the handling of these challenges to ensure the improvement of the mental health care system in the future.