Reflection Paper On Depression

First, I picked depression for the reason that I personally suffered from it for quite a long time. It is found very often in many people around the whole world. “Depression affects nearly one in 10 adults each year.”(Parekh M.D., 2015). This means that 10% of the U.S. population is experiencing depression. One thing that I found pretty interesting that I didn’t know is that women tend to suffer from depression more than man do, and it is mostly found while being on the late teens to mid-20s. In addition, I learned that untreated depression may result to unhealthy conditions such gaining or losing weight, and irritability causing more problems to the body, for instance ulcers. Getting to know more about depression has changed in me the way I see others, as a sense of not judging, and even helping by maybe encouraging others to participate in activities that once brought them happiness.
One of the other topics that I selected was Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) because people acquire STIs every day through sexual contact leaving serious consequences making it a global issue.

I did not do well in meeting another of my short term goals that is based on working out for at least two hours every night before bed. This didn’t really take place for the reason that many times I had to stay up at night to do homework or study instead of exercising which gave me no choice. I have not met my target date for my long term goal that is exercising in a daily basis to achieve a better body shape and healthier conditions by January 16, meaning that I can still keep trying to achieve all these short and long terms. As I talked about stress, this has a big impact on everyday performance and from where I stand I know stress also contributed with me not being able to work out as I