Q. I was just assigned to write a definition essay for my composition class, and I was wondering what some good, controversial topics were.
A. Abortion
Adoption
Advertising Ethics
AIDS reappraisal
Alternative medicine
America's prisons
"American dream"
Animal experimentation
Animal rights
Anti-Semitism
Assisted Suicide
Atheism
Battered women
Binge drinking
Bioethics
Biotechnology
Bilingual education
Bill rights
Black supremacy
Breakup of the Soviet Union
Breast cancer
Business Ethics
Capital Punishment
Censorship
Chauvinism
Child abuse
Child trade
Circumcision
Civil Liberties and Anti-Terrorism Measures
Cloning
Corporate Corruption
Corporate Responsibility
Creationism
Cults
Death penalty
Discrimination in the workplace
Domestic violence
Dress Codes in School
Drug Legalization
Drug Testing
Eating disorders
Ebonics and Black English
Economics in America
Education in America
Elderly people
Embryo drawings
Endangered Species
English - official language
Environmental Ethics
Eugenics
Euthanasia
Evolution
Extremist groups
Family violence
Fascism
Female Genital Mutilation
Feminism
Free Speech
Free condoms in school
Freedom of the Press
Future of the Net
Gambling
Gay marriage
Gay Parents
Gay Rights
Gays in the Military
Genetic engineering
Genocide
Globalization
Global warming
Gun Control
Harry Potter Controversy
Hate Crimes
Health Care Reform
Health and fitness
Hijacking Aftermath
Holocaust Denial
Holocaust Reparations
Home Schooling
Homelessness
Homeopathy
Homosexuality
Human rights
Illegal Immigration
Immigration
Insanity Defense
Internet censorship
Iraq war
Landmines
Legal Drinking Age
Macintosh vs. IBM
Male/female role
Marijuana - Medicinal Use
McCarthyism
Media and Terrorism
Media Images of African-Americans
Media Images of Women
Media in Wartime
Medical Ethics
Medical Marijuana
Medical Malpractice
Mental Health Policy
Minimum Wage
Miranda Rule
Multiculturalism
NAFTA
Nuclear and Hazardous Waste
Nuclear Disarmament
Nudism in Florida
Overpopulation
Paranormal phenomena
Pharmaceutical Industry
Pedophilia
Physician-assisted suicide
Piercing and tattoos
Plastic surgery
Police brutality
Political Ethics
Politics in America
Pollution
Pornography Debate
Prescription Drug Reform
Prisons in America
Privacy
Privacy and The Internet
Pro-Choice Movement
Pro-Life Movement
Purchasing foreign cars vs. American- made ones
Racism
Rainforests
Rape
Rape on campus
Right to Bear Arms (Second Amendment)
Schizophrenia
School uniform
School Violence
School Vouchers
Search and Seizure (Fourth Amendment)
Separation of Church and State
Sex Education
Sex before marriage
Sexism
Sexual harassment
Shakespeare Authorship Controversy
Smoking Laws
Social Security
Space exploration
Sports in America
Standardized Testing
Stem Cell Research
Steroids
Strippers
Suicide
Surrogate Motherhood
Swearing in classrooms by teachers and students
Tax Reform
Teenage Pregnancy
Terrorism
Tibet
Tobacco Industry
UFOs
United nations
Vegetarianism
Video game controversy
Violence in the Media
Weapons of mass destruction
Whistleblowing
White supremacy
Women in the Military
Working Mothers
Workplace Diversity
World religion
Year Round School
Zionism and racism
Adoption
Advertising Ethics
AIDS reappraisal
Alternative medicine
America's prisons
"American dream"
Animal experimentation
Animal rights
Anti-Semitism
Assisted Suicide
Atheism
Battered women
Binge drinking
Bioethics
Biotechnology
Bilingual education
Bill rights
Black supremacy
Breakup of the Soviet Union
Breast cancer
Business Ethics
Capital Punishment
Censorship
Chauvinism
Child abuse
Child trade
Circumcision
Civil Liberties and Anti-Terrorism Measures
Cloning
Corporate Corruption
Corporate Responsibility
Creationism
Cults
Death penalty
Discrimination in the workplace
Domestic violence
Dress Codes in School
Drug Legalization
Drug Testing
Eating disorders
Ebonics and Black English
Economics in America
Education in America
Elderly people
Embryo drawings
Endangered Species
English - official language
Environmental Ethics
Eugenics
Euthanasia
Evolution
Extremist groups
Family violence
Fascism
Female Genital Mutilation
Feminism
Free Speech
Free condoms in school
Freedom of the Press
Future of the Net
Gambling
Gay marriage
Gay Parents
Gay Rights
Gays in the Military
Genetic engineering
Genocide
Globalization
Global warming
Gun Control
Harry Potter Controversy
Hate Crimes
Health Care Reform
Health and fitness
Hijacking Aftermath
Holocaust Denial
Holocaust Reparations
Home Schooling
Homelessness
Homeopathy
Homosexuality
Human rights
Illegal Immigration
Immigration
Insanity Defense
Internet censorship
Iraq war
Landmines
Legal Drinking Age
Macintosh vs. IBM
Male/female role
Marijuana - Medicinal Use
McCarthyism
Media and Terrorism
Media Images of African-Americans
Media Images of Women
Media in Wartime
Medical Ethics
Medical Marijuana
Medical Malpractice
Mental Health Policy
Minimum Wage
Miranda Rule
Multiculturalism
NAFTA
Nuclear and Hazardous Waste
Nuclear Disarmament
Nudism in Florida
Overpopulation
Paranormal phenomena
Pharmaceutical Industry
Pedophilia
Physician-assisted suicide
Piercing and tattoos
Plastic surgery
Police brutality
Political Ethics
Politics in America
Pollution
Pornography Debate
Prescription Drug Reform
Prisons in America
Privacy
Privacy and The Internet
Pro-Choice Movement
Pro-Life Movement
Purchasing foreign cars vs. American- made ones
Racism
Rainforests
Rape
Rape on campus
Right to Bear Arms (Second Amendment)
Schizophrenia
School uniform
School Violence
School Vouchers
Search and Seizure (Fourth Amendment)
Separation of Church and State
Sex Education
Sex before marriage
Sexism
Sexual harassment
Shakespeare Authorship Controversy
Smoking Laws
Social Security
Space exploration
Sports in America
Standardized Testing
Stem Cell Research
Steroids
Strippers
Suicide
Surrogate Motherhood
Swearing in classrooms by teachers and students
Tax Reform
Teenage Pregnancy
Terrorism
Tibet
Tobacco Industry
UFOs
United nations
Vegetarianism
Video game controversy
Violence in the Media
Weapons of mass destruction
Whistleblowing
White supremacy
Women in the Military
Working Mothers
Workplace Diversity
World religion
Year Round School
Zionism and racism
Why are so many people naive when it comes to mental illness?
Q. Especially when it comes to common illnesses such as ..
Anorexia & Bulimia
Depression
Schizophrenia
Please, someone, tell me why ! - And could you please give our own definition as to what these 4 illnesses are.
Thanks all..
Anorexia & Bulimia
Depression
Schizophrenia
Please, someone, tell me why ! - And could you please give our own definition as to what these 4 illnesses are.
Thanks all..
A. a lot of people are afraid of what they do not understand.
and most people do not understand many of those illnesses they just think that people who have them are insane, and don't realize that it is actually not so crazy for people to have those illnesses.
Anorexia- constantly feel fat, even if you are thin. always feeling pressured to look a certain way, but in the end you just end up looking disgusting and sickly.
Bulimia- Binge eating, and then throwing it up. Most people who i have found have this disorder are really grossed out by food, but still like it.
Depression- unstable moods, can be a number of different things, can be triggered by a number of things and cant always be helped. It effects most people i think, and its just how you can control it or not, i find mediation does not help. but that's just me. obviously, feel sad, unwanted, unworthy and empty, the feeling of nothing.
Schizophrenia- my favorite, mainly because i have it, Ha. can be a variety of things, between hallucinations, visually, or hearing voices. also gives people a huge feeling of paranoia.
hope that helped?
and most people do not understand many of those illnesses they just think that people who have them are insane, and don't realize that it is actually not so crazy for people to have those illnesses.
Anorexia- constantly feel fat, even if you are thin. always feeling pressured to look a certain way, but in the end you just end up looking disgusting and sickly.
Bulimia- Binge eating, and then throwing it up. Most people who i have found have this disorder are really grossed out by food, but still like it.
Depression- unstable moods, can be a number of different things, can be triggered by a number of things and cant always be helped. It effects most people i think, and its just how you can control it or not, i find mediation does not help. but that's just me. obviously, feel sad, unwanted, unworthy and empty, the feeling of nothing.
Schizophrenia- my favorite, mainly because i have it, Ha. can be a variety of things, between hallucinations, visually, or hearing voices. also gives people a huge feeling of paranoia.
hope that helped?
What are some of the symptoms of compulsive exercise disorder?
Q. I wanna know this for CALM!
A. Compulsive exercise is also called obligatory exercise and anorexia athletica. It is best defined by an exercise addict's frame of mind: He or she no longer chooses to exercise but feels compelled to do so and struggles with guilt and anxiety if he or she doesn't work out. Injury, illness, an outing with friends, bad weather â none of these will deter those who compulsively exercise. In a sense, exercising takes over a compulsive exerciser's life because he or she plans life around it.
It is nearly impossible to draw a clear line dividing a healthy amount of exercise from too much. The government's 2005 dietary guidelines, published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), recommend at least 60 minutes of physical activity for kids and teens on most â if not all â days of the week.
Experts say that repeatedly exercising beyond the requirements for good health is an indicator of compulsive behavior, but because different amounts of exercise are appropriate for different people, this definition covers a range of activity levels. However, several workouts a day, every day, is overdoing it for almost anyone.
Much like with eating disorders, many people who engage in compulsive exercise do so to feel more in control of their lives, and the majority of them are female. They often define their self-worth through their athletic performance and try to deal with emotions like anger or depression by pushing their bodies to the limit. In sticking to a rigorous workout schedule, they seek a sense of power to help them cope with low self-esteem.
Although compulsive exercising doesn't have to accompany an eating disorder, the two often go hand in hand. In anorexia nervosa, the excessive workouts usually begin as a means to control weight and become more and more extreme. As the person's rate of activity increases, the amount he or she eats may also decrease. A person with bulimia may also use exercise as a way to compensate for binge eating.
Compulsive exercise behavior can also grow out of student athletes' demanding practice schedules and their quest to excel. Pressure, both external (from coaches, peers, or parents) and internal, can drive the athlete to go too far to be the best. He or she ends up believing that just one more workout will make the difference between first and second place . . . then keeps adding more workouts.
Eventually, compulsive exercising can breed other compulsive behavior, from strict dieting to obsessive thoughts about perceived flaws. Exercise addicts may keep detailed journals about their exercise schedules and obsess about improving themselves. Unfortunately, these behaviors often compound each other, trapping the person in a downward spiral of negative thinking and low self-esteem.
Symptoms & Warning Signs
A person may be exercising compulsively if he or she:
-won't skip a workout, even if tired, sick, or injured
-doesn't enjoy exercise sessions, but feels obligated to do them
-seems anxious or guilty when missing even one workout
-does miss one workout and exercises twice as long the next time
-is constantly preoccupied with his or her weight and exercise routine
-doesn't like to sit still or relax because of worry that not enough calories are being burnt
-has lost a significant amount of weight
-exercises more after eating more
-skips seeing friends, gives up activities, and abandons responsibilities to make more time for exercise
-seems to base self-worth on the number of workouts completed and the effort put into training
-is never satisfied with his or her own physical achievements
It is nearly impossible to draw a clear line dividing a healthy amount of exercise from too much. The government's 2005 dietary guidelines, published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), recommend at least 60 minutes of physical activity for kids and teens on most â if not all â days of the week.
Experts say that repeatedly exercising beyond the requirements for good health is an indicator of compulsive behavior, but because different amounts of exercise are appropriate for different people, this definition covers a range of activity levels. However, several workouts a day, every day, is overdoing it for almost anyone.
Much like with eating disorders, many people who engage in compulsive exercise do so to feel more in control of their lives, and the majority of them are female. They often define their self-worth through their athletic performance and try to deal with emotions like anger or depression by pushing their bodies to the limit. In sticking to a rigorous workout schedule, they seek a sense of power to help them cope with low self-esteem.
Although compulsive exercising doesn't have to accompany an eating disorder, the two often go hand in hand. In anorexia nervosa, the excessive workouts usually begin as a means to control weight and become more and more extreme. As the person's rate of activity increases, the amount he or she eats may also decrease. A person with bulimia may also use exercise as a way to compensate for binge eating.
Compulsive exercise behavior can also grow out of student athletes' demanding practice schedules and their quest to excel. Pressure, both external (from coaches, peers, or parents) and internal, can drive the athlete to go too far to be the best. He or she ends up believing that just one more workout will make the difference between first and second place . . . then keeps adding more workouts.
Eventually, compulsive exercising can breed other compulsive behavior, from strict dieting to obsessive thoughts about perceived flaws. Exercise addicts may keep detailed journals about their exercise schedules and obsess about improving themselves. Unfortunately, these behaviors often compound each other, trapping the person in a downward spiral of negative thinking and low self-esteem.
Symptoms & Warning Signs
A person may be exercising compulsively if he or she:
-won't skip a workout, even if tired, sick, or injured
-doesn't enjoy exercise sessions, but feels obligated to do them
-seems anxious or guilty when missing even one workout
-does miss one workout and exercises twice as long the next time
-is constantly preoccupied with his or her weight and exercise routine
-doesn't like to sit still or relax because of worry that not enough calories are being burnt
-has lost a significant amount of weight
-exercises more after eating more
-skips seeing friends, gives up activities, and abandons responsibilities to make more time for exercise
-seems to base self-worth on the number of workouts completed and the effort put into training
-is never satisfied with his or her own physical achievements
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