Anti-depressants

        Many people suffering from depression are introduced to anti-depressants. Anti- depressants are a very popular type of pharmaceutical drugs. Companies who sell these drugs to thousands of people are making lots of profit. People don’t really realize how these drugs can affect their life’s and health. These drugs can turn into addiction such as other drugs like heroine and nicotine can. These things can really affect who a person is and will be. Now people have the right to tell their doctor what medication they want and don’t want to take. Certain people that really cant control their disorder should only be allowed to take anti-depressants. Pharmaceutical drugs shouldn’t be used on a person unless they have tried helping the patient in other ways and weren’t able to succeed. Negative effects of the drugs can really affect the patients life.
      
        Depression is a disorder that any human being can go through. Dysthymia and anxiety disorders as well. These disorders can either be passed down genetically or formed by the environment events in which the person goes through. Genetically meaning if your parents suffered from the disorder you are more likely to as well. A person can also get it by events that occur in life such as separation of a loved one or losing some close. Psychiatrists way of treating is with anti- depressants. Anti-Depressants is a very common and popular type of medicated drugs. These medications are giving to the patients by the psychiatrists. Anti-depressants are medications for mood disorders. Major depression being one of them, as well as dysthymia and anxiety disorders. Those three disorders have similar symptoms noticed in a persons emotions. Some symptoms are bad feelings, facial expressions, and low self esteem. A very popular anti-depressant pill given to the patients who suffer from these mood disorders is Fluoxetine. They are commonly known by their trade names Prozac and Sarafem. Fluoxetine has been around since 1970, it was known as antihistamine diphenhydramine. Then later on the name changed to Prozac, which it is still known as now. Article Oh How Happy We Will be states that author Peter Breggin from the book “Talking Back to Prozac” argues that “anti-depressant drugs are merely the latest form of middle class stimulants”(Crister.34). What he mainly is trying to express that almost anyone will buy them just to feel better. Many patients suffering from disorders that buy anti-depressants give lots of money to the company. They also don’t realize the effects it can have on them.
   
        Pharmaceutical drugs have side effects that can cause damage to someone’s health. Nobody wants to be affected by anti-depressants, because obviously they take it to cure their disorder. Prozac are such strong pills if mixed with any other chemicals, it can cause significant intestinal bleeding later on. Sexual side effects have also been found as well as Akathisia. Akathisia is a side effect found in patients that took fluoxetine. It is the inability to stay still, often making purposeless movements of the feet and legs. It has also been shown that patients under these drugs had higher percentage of suicidal attempts. When they stopped the feeling went away. It affects a persons health, gaining weight and anxiety being few of them. The anxiety of taking more pills comes because they think its doing them good. That is seen as an addiction to the drug. Being addicted makes it almost impossible to stop, as if it was the only option. A quote I can relate to that comes from Greg Crister, author of  Oh How Happy We Will Be implies that “I wonder, though, if my depression is unbearable without medication only because I know that this medication exists”(40). He wonders if his life can be better without medication because he knows he has that option but can be hard for him to stop. Many people can go through the same situation as him and wont be able to stop. That is making all this pharmaceutical drugs wealthy with many patients consuming the drugs.

Things Im Grateful for

   There are many things i am grateful of. One thing i am grateful for is for having good health. I am grateful about that because if I didn't have good health my life wouldn't be the same. Being health gives me the opportunity to do many things. I am also grateful for my family, without them I don't know where I would be right now. They always give me advice and help me out in what they can. I think they have raised me well and I love them for always being there for me. Since i was small they fed me and took care of me to grow healthy. I am also grateful for having the ability to play the sport I love, which is soccer. That is the sport I loved playing ever since I was little. I really enjoy being able to play the sport. I am grateful for the education that I am getting. Education is very important now and not many people have the opportunity to get it. People don't take advantage of the opportunity but I am happy that I have the chance and I'm taking advantage of it because i know it will be helpful for my future. I am grateful for so many other things as well which makes me who I am. Without many of the things I have done and received, I wouldn't be the person who I am now. But I am really grateful for what I have received.

Cultivating Happiness in Friendship

Friendships require work from both to build a stronger and happier relationship. Cultivating is very important for a relationship. It is what makes a relationship good. There are many ways of cultivating a relationship. Some ways are spending more time, gratitude, honesty, support. Those are ways of cultivating happiness in a friendship. It takes time for people to be happy and get along well, but everyone seeks to have a good friendship in these type of ways. Happiness in a relationship is very good for a person, it makes them feel better. People have to work together hard and understand each other in order to have good communication, because friendships don’t grow in a short period.
      Spending time with people is the best way to get to know someone. By spending more time together people understand each other better. They will learn what each other like doing and what they don’t. That is really important in a relationship, so it can keep growing. Understanding each other is necessary because if two people cant understand each other it is impossible to have a good friendship. Bonding with a friend will give each the chance to know what the person is like and what their interests are. That will lead to better understanding between one another. That is good in every relationship because you can prevent problems by doing things the other person doesn’t like. From an internet article “ How To Make Strong Friendship” they state “First, you need to acknowledge the fact that you make friends who are from very different backgrounds. You must accept and appreciate their experiences”. People have to realize that everyone is different in many ways that characterizes them.     
      Honesty is also another major aspect in cultivating a friendship. By being honest to each other will make them get closer. It will show them the type of person you really are. "Genuine friendship cannot exist where one of the parties is unwilling to hear the truth," says Cicero. What he is mainly trying to state is a good friendship doesn’t exist if one person isn’t of capable of hearing the truth. That is why being honest is really important in any type of relationship, because that is the way you gain respect. Everyone needs loyal friends they can trust with anything. A recent study shows that people, who express their personal issues with a trusted friend, are commonly happier in life. Without honesty we would be confused on who to count on to keep promises and secrets. People that usually participate in a dishonest friendship, will find it harder to make a new trusting friend then before the problem of dishonesty occurred. Honesty is cultivation of friendship, in a friendship we need honesty because honest friends can maintain us stay happy , without honesty we won’t trust anyone.
     Gratitude is very important for a relationship. By being grateful you make a friend feel better which makes them more comfortable being with you. The person knows that every time they spend time with you there going to feel good. Showing thanks to a friend will often benefit in a good way. By being grateful it shows the other person that you actually care about what they are doing for you. It makes them realize that they can make other people feel good and will make them feel good for accomplishing something. Then the other person will feel good and show the same love back. Being thankful can also be a show of respect to what they do for you. Sara Groves from the “ Independent Record” stated that “ Multiple scientific studies have shown that being grateful can increase immune function, reduce the risk of disease and even make people more hopeful”.
Which means a person can be healthier just by being thankful and grateful to other people.
    Once a friendship grows bigger they will show if they are actually supportive to you. If they are true friends they will support you in whatever they can. Being supportive also comes from being trustful to a person. Sometimes a person gets into an argument or has any other type of problem and they need support or advice from a friend. A good friend will always be there to have your back and will never turn their back on you. Many times when people get into problems they find out who their true friends are. The one’s who support them with their decisions and give advice when having problems will be remain close friends, then to those who turn their back. Supporting a friend shows how much you care for that persons friendship. Problems aren’t always easy to solve, but a true friend will support you through thick and thin and give you advice. Supportive friends can also make the other laugh, smile and most importantly feel better when passing through a rough time. Having close friends who you can trust on can make you healthier. On an online article ‘Strong Friendships May Help You Live Longer” by Jennifer Warner, it states that  “ A new study shows that having a group of good friends around may be even more important than family for a long and healthy life”. That study very well explained how happiness from friendship can benefit you for a longer life.
     People work to cultivate their friendship with others. People spend time to see who will make a good friend by getting to know who they really are and spending more time in order to bond. It is impossible to make a friend one day and then the next day be best friends. Strong friendship takes time to form, so a good communication can be available. After time of bonding happiness will naturally come with a good friendship. Having a good relationship can be healthy for a person. As studies have shown people that are happy spending time with friends often are healthier and live longer. Cultivating in different ways is the way to get to that point of happiness in a friendship.

Relationship and Happiness

Spending more time with loved one is very important. It gives you the opportunity to bond and get along with each other better. People who tend to spend more time with loved ones tend to be happier. It makes me happy when i spend time with my family because i know those are the people that will always support me and give me advice in what i do. It makes me feel closer and more open to them so we can talk about anything.

   Gratitude is being thankful or appreciating for something. Every person shows gratitude at points in life. I have learned to be thankful for others who help me. I think its the correct and respectful way to treat someone after they have done something for you. Gratitude in a relationship can be very important to build a stronger relationship. Having a stronger relationship will benefit both. It can also make one another feel better.

    Sacrifice is a very tough decision to make. In life many people will have to sacrifice something they like doing to make someone else happy. In a relationship there are can many sacrifices a person goes through in order to not lose a loved one. For example a guy can sacrifice playing in s ports team to go live with his wife that he loves so much because she wants him to move with her for school. If the guy decides to move and forget about the sport he loves playing can be considered a sacrifice. He believed even though he sacrificed what he loved he can still be happy because it can make his relationship stronger.