"We fear things because we value them. We fear losing people because we love them. We fear dying because we value being alive. Don't wish you didn't fear anything. All that would mean is that you didn't feel anything." -Cassandra Clare, Lord of Shadows

We Need More Doctors Who Treat The Person, Not The Condition

Link 2017-06-092017-06-09 Miss Poison Chronic Illness Articles, Chronic Illness, Doctors, Health, Jill Alexandra, Patients

https://themighty.com/2017/06/not-using-dsm-5-icd-10-asking-doctors-to-treat-person-not-condition/

I Don’t Have Time For This

2017-06-092017-06-28 Miss Poison Writing Feelings, Honesty, Musings, Observations, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Stress, Time, Writing

"I am a migraine, that occasionally gets to be a human-being." 😦 In preparation to meet with my new neurologist next month, I forwarded a copy of my current migraine report to myself so I can print it and bring it with me. In one month, which was recent, I counted thirty migraine days. That's … Continue reading I Don’t Have Time For This

Dreamland

2017-06-082017-06-08 Miss Poison Poetry, Uncategorized Edgar Allen Poe, Poetry

By a route obscure and lonely, Haunted by ill angels only, Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT, On a black throne reigns upright, I have reached these lands but newly "From an ultimate dim Thule- From a wild clime that lieth, sublime, Out of SPACE- out of TIME. Bottomless vales and boundless floods, And chasms, and … Continue reading Dreamland

When The Darkness Comes

Video 2017-06-072017-06-07 Miss Poison Music Colbie Caillat, Music, When The Darkness Comes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjhvSRe-pZE

I’m Fluent…

Image 2017-06-062017-06-06 Miss Poison Humor, Images/Photos/Quotes Film Quotes, Hint, Humor, Images/Photos/Quotes, Phony, Pieces Of Me, Polyglot, Profanity, Real Talk, Sarcasm, Sexual Innuendo, Song Lyrics

Privacy Isn’t A Setting

2017-06-062017-06-06 Miss Poison Writing Being Real, Brutal Honesty, June, Musings, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Privacy, Writing

A few days ago it dawned on me precisely what bugs me most about some of my family members. To be fair, it's probably in my top ten things that bug me about them. It's not just the fact that their combined I.Q. is my shoe size (I'm a nine, in case you were wondering.), … Continue reading Privacy Isn’t A Setting

Pain And Sorrow

Quote 2017-06-06 Miss Poison Quotes Light, Pain, Quotes, Rumi, Sorrow

I said: Pain and sorrow. He said: Stay with it. The wound is the place where the Light enters you. -Rumi In Memory of my Great-Aunt Ann, for the stars and light go with you.

Is There A Time Limit On Grieving The Loss Of Your Health?

Link 2017-06-042017-06-05 Miss Poison Grief/Grieving, Health Articles, Carmen Hartgerink, Grief, Health

https://themighty.com/2016/12/grief-timeline-getting-sick/ I think it's safe to say no on this one. There's no time limit. It can remain a shock to the system for quite some time. I tried really hard to have a good day today, but towards the end I couldn't walk properly and I was struggling with my vision and breathing. I … Continue reading Is There A Time Limit On Grieving The Loss Of Your Health?