phantomgerardopera's blog

2 days ago a  home in my neighborhood caught fire. a four year old boy died.  the thing is this child would most likely still be alive if the house was equipped with the proper amount of fire alarms. they had 1 fire alarm in the basement, and by the time the heat and smoke reached the basement it was too late.

my dad did a project in college where he got names of elderly people that didn't have smoke detectors and with the help of the fire department he was able to get around fifty fire alarms and install them in the homes.  Read More »

4 out of 100 teenagers get depressed every year. Between 17 and 18 million adults are diagnosed with a depressive disorder each year.

One type of depression is major depression. This is the most severe type of depression. It interferes with your ablity to funtion in everday tasks. This is what i have. I've had it for 8 years.

It took me a long time to accept the fact that i was sick. My parents still have a hard time understanding it. My depression has made it difficult for me to funtion. The medicine helps but somedays its really bad. I missed alot of school because of this. Last year, my senior year, i had a breakdown. It was pretty bad, i was cutting alot. So i couldn't go to school the last month or so of school. I went to a new doc and he was trying different meds on me, but taking me off the one i had been on for three years was horrible, i had withdrawls and i was sick all the time.  Read More »

I can't believe how people abuse animals these days. I don't understand what they are thinking, how on earth can someone do something so cruel? I've done alot of research papers on this issue and most cases of abuse are because the owner is ignorant, they don't know how to take care of a pet. I love animals and i can't stand people who abuse animals.

I think the most common case of abuse is neglect. People just don't pay attention to their pets, sometimes they don't feed them. I am so glad that there are groups like the aspca to help abused animals.  Read More »

HIV/AIDS is one of the greatest medical challenges of our time. The disease has killed over twenty million people. Today forty two million people are living with HIV. Across Africa this disease has killed millions and millions of people. Millions more are fighting for their lives.

A child today in Sub Sahara Africa has a life expectancy of forty-seven years. This disease heavily falls on women and children, 60% of people infected by HIV are women. Three million African children under the age of fifteen have the AIDS virus. AIDS has orphaned eleven million children.  Read More »