First off, I can relate with the "Should Johnny Play Linebacker?" article because I have fallen victim to head trauma multiple times in my life. I was a football player, but only sustained one head injury and it was minor. I can relate to the players playing through their injury though, you never want to be taken out of the game. Plus, others will say your faking it or you could have played through it. So if you can stand it you play through it thats just the way it is. There is always some one trying to take your spot and you can't allow that to happen. Anyway, the sport where I had frequent concussions was dirt bike racing. I have been racing dirt bikes since I was 8 and have had 2 concussions where I can't remember the whole day, and about 3 or 4 others that weren't as bad. The weird part about concussions is they don't always affect you right away. In on incidence I got up from the crash (with help from some others), started my bike and went back to my trailer. After that the rest of the day is a blank and my parents said I couldn't remember what day it was or where I was at. The only thing I can hope for now is that my future doesn't hold a quick onset of Alzheimer's. I guess only time will tell.
In the article "What your loneliness is telling you" the author addresses how being lonely can effect your health. I feel that this is 100% true because when I was younger there were times when I felt lonely, and there wasn't a worse feeling. Especially since when your lonely all you do is wallow in your own loneliness. I believe that our current society lends itself to a lonelier existence just as the author suggests. People have phones glued to their head or are on the computer clicking away to someone they have never even met before. All person to person contact is gradually diminishing. I myself have never been technologically inclined, and am rarely on the internet, which is why this assignment is late. I have always been a person that likes to be in the presence of others, its a warming feeling that you don't get from a computer screen. All in all, the mind is a powerful tool, so when you are lonely which has a large psychological aspect, than it is going to effect your body.
"The state of the STD" article shows that STDs are on the rise, which could be as the article suggests because of more testing being done. Although, I do believe that is a factor I have a different theory. Telling someone you have a STD is no more comfortable than it used to be and it never will be, so many times those who know aren't going to share the information with a one night stand that they will never get to see again when their primal instincts are running the show. Plus, many diseases don't show symptoms right away so some don't even know. Moreover, there is the fact that getting tested is scary especially for men, no one wants to know even if they think they have it because they would rather deny the facts. Now that I have stated those points I get to my reason for the increase, the pill. More and more women are getting on the pill because of its obvious benefits, but the pill means no condom and no protection from disease. One plus of the pill is that before getting the pill women are tested, so they know they are not infected. But the problem is the afore mentioned men who never get tested. In this day and age we are plenty savvy when it comes to preventing contraception, but when it comes to disease we'd rather have a heightened stimulation than a latex Jimmy Hat.
you are definitely right about the lack of transparency in hookup situations. this could be part of the reason for the increase in STDs. How do you think the researchers could test for that?
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