2022-01-19 Miss Poison Writing Chronic Pain, CRPS, Healing, Health, Honesty, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Suffering, Treatment Methods, Writing

Of late, the few pieces I began working on for all of you have seemingly gone off the rails. I find myself triggered, upset, angry, introspective, and a myriad of other emotions. These are not emotions conducive to writing the truth. It requires me to take a step back, work on healing, and then move … Continue reading Wordless

Writing Challenges, Ideas, and Being Realistic

2022-01-062022-01-06 Miss Poison Honesty, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing Health, Honesty, Opportunities, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Realistic, Work, Writing

As a writer, have you ever gotten in your own damn way? Maybe even not as a writer, but as a creative person? Over the past few years I have written four novels. Three are fully-fleshed out, while one was a side project I wanted to keep in development since I wrote it in pieces. … Continue reading Writing Challenges, Ideas, and Being Realistic

In The Face of Trauma: Fatherless Daughter

2021-12-18 Miss Poison Adult Orphans, Mourning, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing Complex PTSD, Goal Getter, Goals, Health, Honesty, Interpersonal Relationships, Mourning, My Father, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Siblings, Trauma, Writing

Last month, my doctor asked if anything specific was triggering me. At the time, I couldn't think of anything. Until a specific day came, and I broke down in tears for hours. It had been a long time since I'd allowed myself to do that. 😦 The majority of my breakdowns are quiet. Real quiet. … Continue reading In The Face of Trauma: Fatherless Daughter

Another Week, Another Needle, Or Three

2021-12-092021-12-10 Miss Poison Writing Goals, Health, Helping Yourself, Honesty, Hope, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Treatment Methods, Writing

It's been another one of those weeks where time has flown by, and I feel dizzy from the rush of it all. I realized this when traffic was backed up in Sumner Tunnel. The whooshing of the fact that you're underwater is the first thing you can feel, and it made me nauseous. Normally, tunnels … Continue reading Another Week, Another Needle, Or Three

Out of Time Blues

2021-11-232021-11-26 Miss Poison Writing Change, Chanukah, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Exhaustion, Family, Friends, Gratitude, Health, Honesty, Human Emotions, Interactions, New Beginnings, Opportunities, People, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Thanksgiving, Work, Writing

I blinked and it's Thanksgiving week. How the hell did that happen?! The past two years have truly been a blur, and I definitely wasn't having any fun. Yesterday was the most Friday-feeling a Monday could be. I spent the entire afternoon confused about what day it was and what the damn time was. Genuinely … Continue reading Out of Time Blues

Destigmatizing mental illness: A Yolo County judge tells his story of managing anxiety

Link 2021-11-08 Miss Poison Mental Health Anxiety, Articles, Health, Mental Health, Mental Health Monday, Mental Illness, Sacramento Bee

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article255581931.html

People who eat meat report lower levels of depression and anxiety than vegans do, a recent analysis suggests

Link 2021-10-272021-10-30 Miss Poison Anxiety, Depression Anxiety, Articles, Depression, Food, Health, Vegans

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/people-eat-meat-report-lower-133000529.html Keep in mind that depression and anxiety often have nothing to do with your diet. I rarely eat red meat, but it doesn't seem to affect my mental health either way,

Genetic overlap between metabolites and migraines

Link 2021-10-222021-10-25 Miss Poison Articles, Migraines Articles, Chronic Migraines, Health, Migraine Treatment, Migraines, Suffering

https://frontlinegenomics.com/genetic-overlap-between-metabolites-and-migraines/ I share this as someone who was supposed go in for treatment this week. Fifteen minutes before I was to leave, I got a phone call letting me know my insurance had denied the coverage (after initially approving it). After three stressful hours on the phone, treatment was approved, but not for the correct … Continue reading Genetic overlap between metabolites and migraines