Friday 25 October 2013

HOW GREEN AM I?

I’ll be very honest about this: i am not Green enough. I would like be more responsible with my not ecological behavior, sometimes is expensive to be green. However, I make little things that I think help our planet, for example: I am very conscious about the water I use, even more when I wash dishes or brush my teeth, I hate hear the sound of waste water in the washstand! Another contribution I make is avoid use plastic bags in the supermarket, I try to carry my groceries in my bag back, I also use my own refiller water bottle, I buy used clothes, I prefer buy not packing fruits and vegetables in street markets, I buy biodegradable cosmetic products and I prefer not animal tested products.  I have not car and I think maybe I’ll never have it, I don’t like them and I would spend that money travelling  the last green thing I remember is that I put all my glass bottles in the Coaniquem container.

I know all that things are very tiny contributions, but at least I try… I would like recycle everything, paper, plastic, organic waste. I would like eat only organic food, but this is so expensive! I think is very important create a real green conscious, sometimes people is inconsiderate whit their own planet, their home, but this is just ignorance… I remember one day I say this to somebody who brush her teeth: “please cut off water when you don’t use it”, this person answer me this: “why? Are you paying for it?” Very sad and disturbing, isn’t it?

Friday 18 October 2013

We go to Punta Arenas!

Today i will write about a travel to Punta Arenas that I’ll make the next week.  The reason of this travel is a psychology Congress in Magallanes University, so me and my friends Carolina and Leslie will take a plane to Punta arenas the next Sunday.

I am so excited with all of this, I think I am getting old, not too old but is time to start new things, then travel alone  seem like a good way to prove me that I am more independent and brave now, However, my parents pay for this travel, because I am a poor student yet!

We are planning the travel for months ago, we rented an apartment, find out addresses and street names, think about food, clothes, prices, etc.  Yesterday I was thinking that in Punta Arenas there isn´t cordillera! That will be so weird… we definitely need a compass.

Is very cold there, people say that worst in the Punta Arenas weather is the wind.  Good that I’m not too sensitive to cold! I actually prefer the cold instead of heat. However, I hope nights will not so cold, because we want to go out to see how party in Punta Arenas is (not too expensive, I hope).


I can’t believe how fast time has passed, I hope this travel will be a great experience.

Friday 11 October 2013

We don't know if antidepressants work

In recent years there has been considerable controversy about the effectiveness of antidepressants. This issue is very important when we take into account that now doctors prescribe antidepressants for too much people.

One of the reasons that so many people prescribed antidepressants is often not well understood what depression is, sometimes confusing it with being sad or being depressed. However, depression is much more than that, it is a disease that continues over time, affecting the life and physical health of people with this disease, this can last months or even years and may even lead to suicide.

In this regard, there have been numerous studies, however, these studies are conducted by pharmaceutical companies, and because of this, the results are not reliable. There are studies that argue the effectiveness of antidepressants and others who say that psychotherapy is more effective than any antidepressant. What is clear is that psychotherapy is essential in any treatment of depression, but to know how effective antidepressants are, we need more long term serious scientific research.


The most serious problem is the irresponsibility of doctors about antidepressants prescription, because if we don't know the real effect of antidepressants in patients, so they should be more careful about it. Therefore, sometimes a healthy person just is having a bad time but use pills too. All of this don´t mean that antidepressants don't work, just we can´t know it yet.

Friday 4 October 2013

What i did yesterday

Today i will write about what i did yesterday, obviously I´ll not write everything I did, just the fun part.
Yesterday I had a mission: finding a cheap big sweatshirt in Bandera Street. Of course this is not an easy work, because there are too many stores with too many things there. However, I like walking and my boyfriend came with me, so this mission became a nice date. I have to say I am so disappointed with Bandera, every day is more expensive buy something there! Finally, I found a cute sweatshirt but its price was $8.500… can you believe it! Mission not accomplished :(  but I found another thing too… An animal print maxi skirt for $2.500 *-* I buy it, obviously.
After that, we went to Plaza de Armas, just for keep walking. I love how painters showing their work for people, I love art and I think art open minds and make them beautiful, sensitive and bigger. If I had have extra money, I had buy one of that pictures, it still in my mind… painting is something pending in my life, I always have been interested in learn it, but is a little expensive and university keep me very busy.
I finished the day with a coffee and a sandwich in a mall, it was a great day.