FREE ESSAY ON LOVE AND DEATH

LOVE AND DEATH

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Love = Death
What happens when two people fall in love? We may think of love as a sweet heart
throbbing fairy tail situation, but in reality, unexpected dreadful circumstances often
occur. As a couple falls helplessly in love, they become sexually active. Because of this
intimate, uncontrollable love, a couple, with extremely high endodorphine levels may make
a poor choice about contraceptives. This poor choice may result in a STD or even the
life-concluding virus, HIV/AIDS. In this situation the couple develops mixed emotions
which may cause a painful breakup leading to depression, which is the number one cause of
suicide.
"Being in love is a sense of excitement, of heightened emotion, heightened senses, of
being in the unknown, of abduction, of not being in control of yourself...its like an
excuse, 'I don't now what I'm doing. I'm in love'"(Gochros and Ricketts 27). Every day,
people all over the world experience this intense description of love. Dr. JM Morris
explains this in profound detail. "The first step to falling in love is imprinting.
Imprinting is finding a specific physical trait that attracts you to a certain person.
Then there is a subliminal attraction, which is a personal quality, such as a person's
laugh. Next is the hypotaemic stage. When experiencing this stage, a person becomes
nervous and develops sweaty 
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palms when their affection is close to them. Then chemical anvetamines in your brain such
as dopamine, norepine, and phenye ethyeamine react, causing a natural drug rush." Now
that the couple has fallen in love, certain addictions and attachments occur. Dr. Morris
continues, "The brain chemical, oxytocin, otherwise known as the 'cuddle chemical'
promotes a realxed satisfying attraction and strong bonds due to endodorphine levels
occur urging the couple to make love. Through this addiction, the brains actually begin
to grow together." So now the endodrophine level is at its peak and if is the perfect
time and place for the couple to have sex, but there is only one problem, they have no
form of contraception. The couple, so in love and naturally drugged on endodorphine, can
not resist their feelings and proceed by engaging in unprotected sex. 
The use of contraceptives have become vital when considering that unprotected intercourse
is likely to result in pregnancy and more importantly, it carries a high risk of
acquiring a sexually transmitted disease (Contraception: choosing). There are presently
many forms of contraception available to fit a persons cost, comfort and preference. When
making this crucial choice, it is important to consider all your options. There are types
of contraceptives, which are excellent for preventing pregnancy, but have absolutely no
effectiveness against STD's. 
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The Combined pill, mini-pill, Depo-Provera, Norplant, IUD, and morning after pill are all
in this category (Roland 6). Contraceptives, which prevent pregnancy and STD's, include
the male and female condom, spermicides and diaphragms. The male condom is the most
common use of contraception for males. It is a protective covering made of latex,
polyurethane and it fits over the penis. The condom keeps the semen from entering to
vagina(Kronenfeld, Whicker 43). The female condom is not as common and is bulky and
difficult to insert and the cost is high. It is a polyurethane sheath that lines the
entire vagina and partially covers the external genitals(Birth Control 2). Spermicides
are another over the counter contraceptive. These products area type of spermicidle jelly
or foam in the form of a capsule inserted into the vagina before intercourse. There are
no serious side effects but it may be messy. The woman can also use a diaphragm or
cervical cap. This is flexible rubber barrier used with spermicidal cream or jelly. It is
inserted before intercourse and blocks and kills sperm moving toward the uterus
(Emergency Contraceptives 2). All of these contraceptives are effective in stopping
pregnancy and STD's but the only thing that can completely prevent sexual mistakes is
abstinence. If a couple decides not to use any of these methods of contraception they are
at a high risk for sexually transmitted diseases and even HIV/AIDS. Present day, more
than fifty organisms and syndromes 
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health problems, and when untreated, can lead to major consequences (Anderson Smith 22).
Sadly, STD's can indeed kill and individual, a woman who develops a serious case of
pelvic inflammatory may die, and more commonly, a person with AIDs will die (Clinic). The
two most common STD's are Chlamydia and Syphilis. Although Chlamydia can be extremely
painful for females in the lower abdomen, 80%of the infected hove no symptoms at all.
Chlamydia is curable with certain antibiotic. Syphilis, although curable as well, can
cause sever damage to the nervous system and other body organs, resulting in long term
damage. Other STD's cause painful blisters and warts to develop on the mouth and genitals
and anus. Genital herpes, genital warts, and scabies are all included in this category.
These sores are extremely painful and sometimes are incurable (Holmes Mardh Sparling
Wiesner). Other popular STD's include Garderella Vaginits, Hepatitis A, B, C and D, and
Gonorrhea, they all have symptoms including, vaginal discharge, pain while urinating,
possible bleeding, ect. Some people have no symptoms at all and most of these STD's can
be cured by antibiotics (Clinic). But one STD that can not be cured by antibiotic or any
other way is the life concluding disease. HIV/AIDS. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS,
this infection damages the body's immune system that protects the body from 
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disease. As HIV forms to Aids the immune system is extremely weak, when this happens,
other diseases and infections inter the body, eventually causing death (Schettler 1-2).
The only guarantee to keep from getting a STD is to practice sexual abstinence, but on a
more realistic note, it is extremely important to use contraceptives during sexual
intercourse to lessen the chances of infection.
Being infected with and STD is a very difficult situation. It causes hardship between the
sexually active couple, it effects the victim's family and friends who care about them,
and if the victim is bearing a child at the time, it could effect the babe's health as
well. The STD might cause a difficult breakup between the two partners, or for teenagers,
it creates a conflict between them and their parents. A person may be deeply bothered by
long time scares that can effect their future, like women becoming unable to bear
children because or the damage done, or even the embarrassment it causes. In many cases
the victim falls in a stage of depression. Depression, effecting over one in five
Americans in their lifetimes the number one cause of suicide (Campbell51). People who
have AIDS are at an extremely high risk of taking their own lives (Pahl 3). They don't
want to go through the pain of a slow death or wish to face the humility. An infected
person may feel dirty and unwanted; this type of depression often leads to suicide (Fagan
8). 
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So now when we think of love, we may see it a little differently after being educated. We
can see how love and death can tie together; love leads to sex, allowing high
endodrophine levels to make a poor choice of 
Contraceptives, which, in turn, leads to STD's, HIV/AIDS, which causes depression,
resulting in suicide.