Wednesday, May 17, 2017

What are the REAL causes for death?

Waking up this morning I intended to have a nice day with clouds in the air and no new work being thrown at me. I had no idea that I would be changing my BIG question today. Last semester we were told to choose a big question and I chose "Is death like a domino effect? Meaning does one death cause others." I intentionally thought of this question because my father passed away in November 2015 and then my grandpa passed away in January 2016. To me, at that time, it seemed as if their deaths were related in a way. The only thought coursing through my mind, during my grandfather's funeral, was If my dad didn't die, would my grandpa still be here? I guess you can say that I haven't dealt with their deaths so it makes me upset when I don't see them in family reunions. My BIG question was special to me in a way to find closure. I found closure in a way to the point where my BIG question doesn't seem to excite me anymore. I found a BIG question to go through in which I'll share my thoughts of the REAL cause of death.


WHAT ARE THE REAL CAUSES FOR DEATH?

Death has many causes; murder, drugs, alcohol, being electrocuted, etc. These deaths are very common so no need to go through each one and explain. I'm curious about the uncommon deaths, the deaths that has no reason to it. In June 2013, Harold and Ruth died within 11 hours of one another. In July, Les and Helen brown died within a day of each other. Last year Carrie Fisher died on December 27, 2016 and her mother died December 28, 2016. Of course there was a 'reason' to that Carrie died of a cardiac arrest and her mother died of a brain issue. But those other four deaths, Harold, Ruth, Les and Helen, are mysterious.

Who has heard of broken heart syndrome? For those that haven't heard of it, let's take a moment and imagine a couple meeting at 20 years old. They fall madly in love with each other and spend 50 years married together. They had everything; kids, a house, a billion memories, etc. Sadly the lady grows ill dies on her 71st birthday and the man, healthy, dies 10 hours after her. Why does he die? He died of grief, their souls intertwined closely that they couldn't be pulled apart or died of a broken heart as most heard of. When you get married the priest says "Till death do you apart" but clearly part/ or all of their soul dies. Here is a cause for death.

Who here has watched or heard of 13 reasons why? Spoiler alert the main character, Hannah, kills herself. She slit her wrists and bled to death on the last episode. Everyone knows that that was the cause of her death but that isn't just it. Hannah slit her wrists for reasons. Everyone in the show, besides Clay at times, was ganging up on her. They were spreading rumors about her on how 'easy' she was. Nobody was there for her when she needed them so all  these thoughts caught up to her which slowly killed her inside and eventually killed her physically. We can relate her death to deaths of students/ people like us, young. They have no help and here we are not paying attention to them.

I have came up with a conclusion that deaths aren't just murder, suicide, etc. It is all up to how you or a person are psychologically. Nothing but what you feel/think causes you to kill yourself, or kill others. A