Most people believe that depression is something that only affects women. How wrong they are. Men experience this as well. The only difference is that we choose to keep it to ourselves. Why? The answer is simple: we are afraid of looking weak. Not only are we afraid of looking weak in front of other guys or that spicy senorita we might have a crush on, but mostly to ourselves. Most of the men around my age (27) were raised to be strong and not show emotion. That's all fine and good and all, but where does all of the emotions go? They get bottled up and tossed in a closet. A closet can only hold so much before it explodes. This, of course, is a problem with women as well. It is more common with women because women are much more vocal with their issues.
People aren't meant to keep their emotions to themselves. It's just not healthy. THIS is the reason why kids are shooting schools up and doing things like the 'tide pod challenge'. It's not from a lack of sense, it is from what we are teaching our kids! They grow up watching all of this crap on TV or reading on the internet about how they aren't good enough. "Buy this product to have a bigger dick!" or "Buy this product to enhance your boob size!" This is screwing with children and how their brains are supposed to grow. It's like this: say you have a rock and water. Everyone knows that rocks are extremely hard and that water is extremely soft. If I told you to try and soften a rock with only water by running it under water for a few seconds, you'd say it is impossible. On the other hand, if I told you to place it under the water for ten plus years, that suddenly becomes very possible. When you have kids listening to people telling them they are not enough for ten plus years, this will have an effect on them and their personality. The way that people look at themselves will dictate how they will treat other people in the future. Self-image holds more power than what people think.
I've often found myself wondering why our previous generation didn't seem to have the issues we have now with our youth. I do have a few theories. Fifty years ago you never heard anyone shooting up a school or eating laundry detergent. People had much greater confidence back then. Very few people had televisions and reporting news had a different meaning back then. It hasn't been until recently that things have really gotten out of control. I remember when those cheesy male enhancement pill commercials wouldn't come on until well after midnight, now they show up during normal hours. I personally believe that the invention of social media has been the main reason for this. Social media has revolutionized the advertisement business. The ads are able to reach many more people.
People have just gotten to money hungry. Everything is about money. "How much money can we make in the shortest amount of time?" Sometimes I am almost ashamed to call myself a human. The things we do and have done and God forbid what we have yet to do. Our society is crumbling right beneath us and the ones who have the power to fix it are to busy rolling in piles of money feeling that it will be someone else's problem. I see it like this: When Hitler was parading around the world committing his unspeakable acts, he still remembered to plan for the future. To do this, he started the Nazi Youth program. He programmed the youth on the Nazi doctrine and look at it today... it is still around. Even the bible says, "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." My point is: There is power in children. Our children are the future so, one could say: if you control the youth, you control the future. That is a disturbing observation, but it is the truth.
Children are sponges and soak up anything you place in front of them. Let's place things in front of them that won't plant these ideas of hatred among themselves and their peers. If you don't want to do it for you then do it for the future of the human race.
About the Creator
Jon Lambo
“Mouth closed, chin down, and eyes up.” - Kyokushin Proverb
Hidden Happiness
The world in which we live, is constantly changing, and this applies even more so in these days in which we live. With the implementation of AI into the workplace, people are beginning to fear for their jobs. With the rumors of wars circulating across the globe people are falling into fearful states, that are spurred on by changes, the likes of which we have never in human history, experienced before.
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"Shores of Peacefulness: A Day of Rapture at the Ocean side"
The sun rose into the great beyond, projecting a brilliant gleam across the serene waters of the sea. Seagulls took off above, their cries reverberating through the pungent air as the delicate beat of the waves lapped against the sandy shore. It was an ideal day at the ocean side, and for Emily and her family, it guaranteed vast experiences and loved recollections. As they showed up at the ocean side, Emily's heart expanded with energy. She could scarcely hold on to feel the warm sand between her toes and the cool sea breeze all over. With a screech of pleasure, she ran towards the water, her giggling dragging along her like a strip in the breeze. The ocean side was buzzing with movement, as families and companions accumulated to partake in the daylight and the ocean. Youngsters constructed transcending sandcastles, their minds roaming free as they etched turrets and channels with their small hands. Couples walked connected at the hip along the coastline, lost in murmured discussions and sneaked kisses. Also, surfers rode the peaking waves, their chuckling blending with the thunder of the sea. For Emily, the ocean side was a jungle gym of vast potential outcomes. She went through the early daytime sprinkling in the waves, feeling the pungent shower on her skin as she moved in the midst of the surf. She gathered shells along the shore, wondering about their mind boggling shapes and lively varieties. Furthermore, she covered her feet in the warm sand, feeling the earth underneath her toes as she delighted in the basic delight of being alive. In any case, the genuine wizardry of the ocean side woke up in the early evening, as the sun plunged low overhead and the world was washed in a delicate, brilliant light. Emily's family assembled around a popping huge fire, their countenances enlightened by the gleaming flares as they simmered marshmallows and shared stories underneath the stars. As the fire snapped and popped, Emily felt a feeling of harmony wash over her — a sensation of having a place and happiness that she knew must be found at the ocean side. Here, in the midst of the excellence of nature and the glow of friends and family, she felt really alive, her heart spilling over with appreciation for the basic joys of life. As the night wore on and the stars sparkled above, Emily and her family clustered together, enveloped by covers and loaded up with the glow of the fire. They giggled and sang, their voices ascending into the night sky like a chorale of heavenly messengers as they praised the magnificence of the ocean side and the delight of being together. Also, as the fire consumed low and the last coals blurred into the haziness, Emily realize that she would convey the sorcery of this day with her until the end of time. For in the core of the ocean side, in the midst of the sand and the ocean and the stars, she had tracked down a piece of herself — a piece that would continuously have a place with the sea, and to the vast undertakings that looked for her on its shores. As the night extended, the ocean side took on an otherworldly quality, the twilight moving on the waves like a gleaming cover of silver. Emily and her family waited by the fire, sharing stories and chuckling long into the evening. The delicate sound of the sea filled in as a mitigating setting to their discussions, its musical rhythm calming them into a condition of quiet happiness. As they at long last advanced back to their ocean side house, Emily felt a feeling of significant appreciation wash over her. The day at the ocean side had been all that she had expected and the sky is the limit from there — a day loaded up with giggling, love, and remarkable minutes imparted to individuals she treasured most. As she floated off to rest that evening, the waves reverberating in her ears, Emily realize that she would convey the memory of this day with her generally. For in the excellence of the ocean side and the glow of her family's affection, she had found where her heart could really find a sense of contentment — where each second was loaded up with wizardry, and consistently was a gift to be enjoyed.
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