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Addiction: how is it beaten and what comes after?

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Addiction. It's a simple word that brings to it thoughts of junkies and addicts wasting their lives away hooked on a substance. It's a harsh, sad way to live, and yet we all know someone who's addicted to something in their lives. I'm not just talking about drugs or substances, but a much broader sense where one get's hooked on something in their environment. Nowadays, addiction has shifted from drugs to more commonly seen substances, such as the internet and social media. And thought now it's more something known about, this form of addiction is still on the rise. To understand an addiction, we firstly need to understand the relationships between the individuals and the substance. What are the rewards? What reciprocal value does the individual gain from this behavior? By understanding this behavior, we get a further understanding of both the individual and the substance's behavior towards it. At times, this could be all that's needed; a simple ...

Anime: a brief history from the part, 2000's till today.

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Anime refers to anything drawn up in a story, with detailed characters and at times complex plots and is an anime typical in  Japan. The style has evolved greatly form it's early ages of fairy tale stores, robots and overpower superheroes to more complex, action packed and deeper characters whilst also evolving it's unique aesthetic style that anime is known for. From old school to new school, anime is constantly evolving and taking now apporaches and new angles on how and what stores they tell us, ranging from horror to fantasy, drama to action in over seven  generas. I'm by far no anime buff. I only started watching anime when I was some 22 and the first anime I watched was 'Attack on Titan' (note: it's not a wise idea to watch it while eating a pizza....and we're still waiting for season 2!). My interpretation of anime is this: it's a set of cartoons drawn in a particular iconic style that encompass more mature, open-minded ap...

I'm back....

I have been though my own fair share of bullshit in the last few years since I've last been on here. a lot has changed, way too much has happened and I'm at that point where I'm looking at old photos of me and thinking 'damn, was i really that much of a loser?' Though out my years away, I've accumulated knowledge and new skills. Needless to say that this new gift of mine is bound to come in handy, i just need to work it out as much as I can in all venues of my life. Hence, vuala, my first piece in what hopes to be something fresh and new: Depression. It is but a single word that in our modern times, strikes fear into many. An invisible black sludge that engulfs you, suffocating you under it's weight until it's immobilize everything it touches. Quite a scary way to describe one of the most kept quite pandemics in the world. People don't really seam to care much about it and just breeze past. But those who get it, those who get touched, know it...