Winter Solstice Blessing

2020-12-21 Miss Poison Winter Solstice December, Winter, Winter Solstice

Winter Solstice is celebrated as the return of the sun.

Alpha Females

Image 2020-12-20 Miss Poison Images/Photos/Quotes Alpha Females, Images/Photos/Quotes, Leaders, Pieces Of Me

I feel like this explains a lot about me, both personally and professionally.

To Many More

2020-12-19 Miss Poison Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing 2020, 2021, Baby Steps, COVID-19, Happy Anniversary, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Readership, Thank You, Writing

I've been here for a little over six years (Eight years in total with WordPress), and I am proud of how this site has grown. I appreciate all the new readership that has come on board over the past few months, and in general. I wish I could hug all of you, and I'm not … Continue reading To Many More

The Dark Days

2020-12-18 Miss Poison Adult Orphans, Writing In Memoriam, Life, My Father, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing

I've kept an extremely low profile the past few days. For starters, I am still fighting off an infection. It's draining me terribly. My brain understood I really needed to shovel snow yesterday, but my body sent me back to bed because I couldn't keep my head up or my eyes open. I was battling … Continue reading The Dark Days

Phone apps useful for management of anxiety, depression, study finds

Link 2020-12-172020-12-18 Miss Poison Anxiety, Depression Anxiety, Articles, Brian P. Dunleavy, Depression, Mental Health, Smartphone Apps

https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2020/12/16/Phone-apps-useful-for-management-of-anxiety-depression-study-finds/5061608128393/

Do Not Go…

Quote 2020-12-162020-12-17 Miss Poison Quotes Path, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Trailblazer

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Symptoms of C-PTSD

Image 2020-12-15 Miss Poison Complex PTSD Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Complex PTSD, Mental Health

Tsunami-Like Mechanism in Brain May Foreshadow Migraines, Study in Mice Shows

Link 2020-12-14 Miss Poison Migraines Articles, Clare Watson, Health, Migraine with Aura, Migraines

https://www.sciencealert.com/glutamate-tsunamis-in-the-brain-have-been-linked-to-migraine-aura?

Chanukah 2020: Night Four

2020-12-13 Miss Poison Chanukah Chabad of Bluegrass, Chanukah, Chanukah 2020, December, Prayers

Fourth night of Chanukah. I'm a little behind on things because my thoughts have been all over the place, and despite this being my favorite holiday, there's an underlying sadness mixed in this year. If you follow me on social media, you may have read my thoughts on specific matters, or not. Tonight, I'd like … Continue reading Chanukah 2020: Night Four

Emotions, In My Experience

Quote 2020-12-12 Miss Poison Quotes Capture, Disappointment, Emotions, English, Excitement, Fail, Hatred, Jeffrey Eugenides, Language, Quotes, Sadness

“Emotions, in my experience, aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness," "joy," or "regret." Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that it oversimplifies feeling. I'd like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions, Germanic train-car constructions like, say, "The happiness that attends disaster." Or: "The disappointment of … Continue reading Emotions, In My Experience