The Anything Blog

 I chose to talk about a type of depression: atypical depression. Atypical depression affects 15-36% of people with a depressive disorder, so it is quite common as millions of people have depressive disorders. People with this kind of depression can have symptoms such as a greater appetite that leads to overeating, hypersomnia, leaden paralysis, and greater sensitivity to criticism whether it's real or imagined. Another symptom is for your mood to improve in response to actual or potential positive events also known as mood reactivity. Some things that could cause this depression is trauma, genetics and chronic stress and/or an illness. Psychotherapy and medication like antidepressants are able to treat it. A few of the preventative measures are to manage stress and talk about your feelings with someone you trust as well as seeking the help of a medical profession.

Atypical Depression

Senses and Stuff

 Among the 5 senses I chose to talk about our sense of tastes.

Here is the link to the article I chose: Taste

The article discusses the basic tastes of sweet, salty, sour and bitter and what elements or acids each one is associated with. Our sense of smell works in tandem with our sense of taste to produce flavor. More research is being done on what different things we can taste; they are alkaline, water-like, metallic, and fatty. They are different types of papillae located on different areas of the tongue. I think it's really interesting how the sense of smell has a big part in our taste. It is also interesting how there are so many components of the tongue that need to be accounted for for us to taste. I was shocked to find out spicy isn't a type of taste because it doesn't fall in a category of the basic tastes. 

BioHeroes

My birthday is January 6 so my hero has powers related to the hippocampus and endorphins. My hero processes and retrieves memory, helps relieve pain, reduces stress and improves your sense of well-being. My hero is called Emotocon because she makes people feel happy as she is a ray of sunshine; the stronger the emotions the stronger the memories. She can make you feel joy but she can also make you recall painful memories. She pushes away your negative feelings and brings in positive one. Memories as strong as things as the death of a loved one or a serious injury can be relived as if your in a movie. 

She began her story as just a regular person who wanted to make a difference in the world. One day she found a beautiful lake who's water was translucent. She dipped her finger in after which a vortex started to stir up in the water. A seahorse rose from the vortex's center and blasted her with a blue light. Ever since she has been able to just think about how she wants someone to feel better or make someone recall something. The only thing she has to do to enable her abilities is to lock eyes with the receiver of her powers.

Your Life Story

I was born on January 6th, 2006. I don't have any thing to look back on concerning my first steps and whatnot because my family had a break in where my family's camera and some valuables were stolen. The camera had all the videos of my brother and I when we were younger. It's been a long time since then so my family doesn't remember much about those things. My parents do say that I started eating solid food early and loved dancing. I also used to sing as well and even performed with a choir, but I got my tonsils removed when I was 8 so I stopped developing this talent. I have struggled with remembering things and with focusing on the tasks that are right in front of me.

I will be graduating in May of the year 2024 with my friends and family beside me.

I'm not sure where I want to go but I want to get a PHd. I probably won't graduate for a while because these degrees involve many years of medical school, so I don't have much insight into my post graduate studies either.

I want to get married to a guy that I would probably meet in college; I want to get married within the next 8 years. I'd prefer to get married in my hometown. 
I want either 4 or 6 kids preferably the same amount of boys and girls. I'd like each kid to have a 2 year age difference between their siblings.. I would name 2 of them after my parents, and I'm not sure about the rest.
I want to be a psychiatrist, psychologist, or pediatrician.
I plan to retire as early as possible.
After retirement, I'll focus on spending time with my family.
I hope I live a long life.