Social media use and depression during the pandemic confinement (Problem-Solution Essay)

Can you guess how many people who you spend time every day are depressed? Let me give you a word: - many – yes more than you’d ever imagine. Depression is a state of mental illness. It is characterized by deep, long-lasting feelings of sadness or despair. It can affect people of any group, including young children and teens. 

Some of the common factors that may cause depression are genetics, high levels of stress, schizophrenia, drug abuse, bad medical conditions, alcohol, and trauma. The worst fact about depression is that nowadays there are thousands of people suffering in silence.

It has been published a large number of studies that reveal that one of the causes for depression is social media, more than 90% of social media users are pretending to look happy, which has as a consequence, superficial relationships between people, so, there is no place for sad people. Currently, another cause of depression is the confinement during COVID-19 pandemic, the lack of personal coexistence with family, friends, co-workers, etc. has affected the mental state of many people.

There are several medical treatments to deal with depression, for instance, psychotherapy and pills, but actually, prevention is the best option, to practice regular exercise, a healthy diet, and stable relationships can be helpful in keeping stress low and thereby reduce the chances of feeling depressed. Veronica, who was depressed for more than one year during the pandemic because her father died and she could not visit him, and she decided to start practicing gym and yoga, activities that she did not do before, after that she made many friends and now she is calm and accepting that she mustn’t blame herself for not being able to visit his father during the quarantine.   

In conclusion, we should change the way we currently socialize, avoid the excessive use of social networks, find opportunities for real interactions with people to restore social connections lost during confinement, and, of course, reinstall activities that improve life quality and mental health to improve moods, clearing thinking, have a greater sense of calm or inner peace, and increased self-esteem, etc.

HANAL PIXAN

 

HANAL PIXAN.

This documentary would try to spread the importance of a traditional festival: Hanal Pixan…Food of the Souls, which takes place in Yucatan and reflects the history and culture of the Mayan people. It is an important original Mayan celebration of 3 days of festivities (from October 31^st to November 2^nd ).

Before these three days, the Walk of the Souls takes place where people paint their faces and dress up as a catrina, the traditional skeleton woman. The first day is dedicated to deceased children, so toys and sweets are included on the altar. The second day is dedicated to dead adults. On the third day, a mass dedicated to all the dead is generally held in the local cemetery.

Other different events are included throughout the week such as decorated streets and parks, music and night shows in the Central Plaza, and other parks in the center of Mérida.

Families prepare the traditional Mayan dish called Pib, a chicken tamale (wrapped in banana leaves) that is cooked underground in a hole for several hours before being placed on the altar.

This documentary would highlight the atmosphere of this festivity, filming "The Walk of the Souls", the altars, and interviewing young, elderly, and locals to gather opinions on the value of protecting our traditional customs.

Carmen A. Calderón R.

Festival de las ánimas

 This documentary would examine the importance of festival de las ánimas in Mérida, Yucatán. This festival also is called Hanal Pixán and is so important because the people remember their ancestors. During October thirty-one until November second this festival celebrates. The state council organize the “festival de las ánimas” in which the main objective is to take a tour in the streets downtown in which you can see all the altars of the ancestors of the different families. The tour realizes between the Church of the Hermitage and the General Cemetery. 

The aim of the documentary would be to film the festival in order to show the culture of Mérida, Yucatán and all the activities which involve this celebration. 

During the festival, you can see altars exposition, a sample of Mayan ceremonies, regional gastronomical sample, reading of stories and legends of the region, typical dance and guided tours in the general cemetery. These dates are important here so in that way the documentary is going to talk about it and show all the activities which concerned. 

The documentary would highlight all the history of this celebration. First, we are going to talk about why this celebration is realised then we are going to film Merida’s downtown and the streets in which the tour realizes. In the same way, the typical dance will be shown all this documentary is going to have typical music. 

Veracruz Carnival (PROPOSAL)

Veracruz Carnival is said to be Mexico's best carnival! This documentary would examine the importance of the Veracruz Carnival in our country. Carnival is some of the most exuberant celebrations that you will find in Mexico. It is a celebration that unites everyone regardless of class or ethnic background and gives them an opportunity to enjoy life, have fun, eat and drink in excess, and party until the break of dawn! 

The city of Veracruz practically shuts down during carnival. The aim of the documentary would be to film the Veracruz Carnival in order to encourage hundreds of thousands of visitors from all throughout Mexico descend on it to join in the carnival celebrations.

The Zocalo is where many carnival activities take place, this place is filled with amazing parties, parades, live music, and events. The documentary would highlight the main events of Veracruz Carnival which are the 'Preludio de carnaval', 'The burning of the Bad Mood', 'Coronation of the Children', 'Coronation of Reyes de la Alegria', 'The Carnival Parades' and 'The Burial of Juan Carnival'.

The dates of the carnival are not always the same because it depends on the dates of Easter, which is based on the lunar calendar. With this documentary we hoped Carnival would provide Veracruz with an opportunity to celebrate after years of social strife and unite people of different classes and ethnic backgrounds!.

 NASA scientist arrested at climate change protest

After a startling new climate report released by the U.N. more than a thousand scientists protested around the world. The latest U.N. report states that emissions reductions are urgently needed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius by the century’s end.The effects include dramatic natural disasters, between them rising sea levels between 1-and-8 feet before the end of the century.

https://www.12news.com/article/weather/nasa-scientist-arrested-climate-change-protest/75-0ed2eacb-322c-4d38-a676-475f10a2ebba

Climate Change: A part of the impact about Global Warming is Irreversible.

Two weeks ago, when I was taking a break on TikTok, I found a video about a scientist who is announcing to all of us to be aware of global warming that is affecting the world, but as you can imagine there were two types of people in the comments about of the video, those who thought it was a fake news and others who supported the desire to want to take care of the planet but who were aware that it is irreversible damage, well, I was somewhere in between, on the one hand I know that sometimes they create false rumors of things with great impact, and this is one of them; but at the same time as a person who wishes to protect this planet even with my grain of sand, I know that it is true that as much as we try to try to fix the events that we have gone through in the history of humanity we will not achieve it in 3 or 10 years, and even less so if there are many people with little reason and maturity

If I honest, climate change is real. There will always be uncertainty in understanding a system as complex as the world’s climate. However there is now strong evidence that significant global warming is occurring. The evidence comes from direct measurements of rising surface air temperatures and subsurface ocean temperatures and from phenomena such as increases in average global sea levels, retreating glaciers, and changes to many physical and biological systems. It is likely that most of the warming in recent decades can be attributed to human activities.

To sum up Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished, and sea level has risen." 

“Human influence on the climate system is clear, and recent anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases are the highest in history. Recent climate changes have had widespread impacts on human and natural systems." 

So.... Are you ready to put your grain of sand?

NYC subway shooting

 After some people were injured in a NYC subway shooting last Tuesday, police has arrested the suspect. At the beginning, NYC police didn't have any clue about the guy who had opened fire randomly on passengers in a wagon subway, but then they tracked several youtube videos in which Frank R. James, a mentally ill man, had threatened to make violent acts in the NYC subway, so he did.