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?

Life Is Full Of Everything

2017-05-17 Miss Poison Writing Anguish, Daughter, Fibromyalgia Pain, Grief, Health, Honesty, Loss, Memories, Migraines, My Mother, Pain, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing

Nine years ago today, I lost my mother. I can't always say it out loud, I can't always talk about it, but I honestly have no clue how I've survived this long without her. Not because I need someone else in order to survive, that isn't it, but because life is full of people that … Continue reading Life Is Full Of Everything

Losing Someone You Dearly Love

Image 2017-05-17 Miss Poison Images/Photos/Quotes Grief, Images/Photos/Quotes, Loss, Love

They Say Time Heals All Wounds

Quote 2017-05-17 Miss Poison Quotes Cassandra Clare, Grief, Healing, Mourning, Quotes, Wounds

“They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite.” ―Cassandra Clare

The Month Of Triggers

2017-05-01 Miss Poison Writing Depression, Emotional Pain, Grief, Honesty, Loss, May, Pain, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Sadness, Triggers, Writing

Fourteen years ago today, a female relative of mine (an Aunt by marriage) was murdered by her live-in boyfriend. I just read her autopsy and toxicology report for the first time; her death having been ruled an "accident". I read it in utter disbelief. The damage incurred was no accident. I look at it as … Continue reading The Month Of Triggers

When Someone You Love Dies

Quote 2017-03-08 Miss Poison Quotes Death, Grief, John Irving, Loss, Quotes

“When someone you love dies, and you're not expecting it, you don't lose her all at once; you lose her in pieces over a long time—the way the mail stops coming, and her scent fades from the pillows and even from the clothes in her closet and drawers. Gradually, you accumulate the parts of her … Continue reading When Someone You Love Dies

Grief Turns Out To Be…

Quote 2016-12-20 Miss Poison Quotes Grief, Healing, Joan Didion, Loss, Quotes

"Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it. We anticipate (we know) that someone close to us could die, but we do not look beyond the few days or weeks that immediately follow such an imagined death. We misconstrue the nature of even those few days or weeks. … Continue reading Grief Turns Out To Be…

The Worst Type Of Crying

Quote 2016-12-18 Miss Poison Quotes Crying, Depression, Grief, Hurt, Katie McGarry, Pain, Quotes, Sadness

“The worst type of crying wasn't the kind everyone could see--the wailing on street corners, the tearing at clothes. No, the worst kind happened when your soul wept and no matter what you did, there was no way to comfort it. A section withered and became a scar on the part of your soul that … Continue reading The Worst Type Of Crying