The tough truth of trauma dumping on social media

Link 2022-03-302022-04-01 Miss Poison Articles, Mental Health, Trauma Articles, Ayesha Hana Shaji, McKenna Watson, Mental Health, Social Media, Trauma

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Objects In The Rearview Mirror Are A Mindfuck

2020-07-022020-07-06 Miss Poison Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing Anti-Semitism, Character, Faith, First Amendment, Harassment, Integrity, Laws, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Religion, Slander, Social Media, Threats, Writing

A few days ago, a Facebook group claiming to aid in eradicating anti-Semitism decided to start harassing me to an intolerable degree. For the past two years, which is how long they've run their page, they would immediately attack anything I said that interfered with their hateful "message". They are trying to mask hatred under … Continue reading Objects In The Rearview Mirror Are A Mindfuck

U.S. Government Wants to Use Social Media to Decide Who Is ‘Disabled Enough’ for Disability Benefits

Link 2019-03-152019-03-16 Miss Poison Articles, Disability, Uncategorized Disability, Invisible Illness, Karin Willison, Social Media, Social Security, SSDI

https://themighty.com/2019/03/social-security-disability-benefits-monitoring-social-media/ Set your privacy settings on Facebook, if nowhere else. Don't post anything publicly. Don't accept new "friends" you do not know personally. Be wise. Also, it's no one's business that you filed for disability. Your doctors and lawyer, if you chose that route, are the only people who should be privy to this information. … Continue reading U.S. Government Wants to Use Social Media to Decide Who Is ‘Disabled Enough’ for Disability Benefits

Follow Your Gut, Because It Doesn’t Lie…

2017-10-02 Miss Poison Facebook, Social Media, Writing Facebook, Honesty, Musings, Poison In Lethal Doses, Red Flags, Social Media, Writing

A few weeks ago someone friended me on Facebook. Under normal circumstances I only accept requests from people I know in real life or people I have met via a migraine or Fibromyalgia/ Chronic Pain group. I’ve met some great people who have become good friends almost immediately. Sometimes you click with someone and you’re … Continue reading Follow Your Gut, Because It Doesn’t Lie…

Speaker Of Powerful Words

2015-07-182015-07-18 Miss Poison Honesty, Intuition, Life, Logic, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing Critics, Facebook, Honesty, Intuition, Lisa Marino, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Professional Bio, Social Media, Speaker Of Powerful Words, Twitter, Writer, Writing

"Speaker Of Powerful Words" was recently added to my professional bio. It makes me laugh because I don't always realize how much power I put into the words I use. If you heard how I say things in my everyday life, you'd quickly learn it's not any different from how I apply my voice to … Continue reading Speaker Of Powerful Words

It’s Friday, Let’s Celebrate!

2015-03-272015-03-27 Miss Poison Being Real, Cats, Facebook, Fibromyalgia, Kittens, Musings, Pain, Petty Garbage, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Social Media, Support, Thoughts, Toxic People, Work, Writer, Writers, Writing Being Real, Cats, Chronic Pain, Facebook, Honesty, Kittens, Love, Musings, Social Media, Toxic People, Work, Writer, Writers, Writing

I have no idea why Friday, Saturday, and Sunday have become my favorite days of the week, but lately, I just can't handle week days. Does anyone else feel like this? I've had a rough week. I've been in a lot of pain and have required way more sleep than any single person my age … Continue reading It’s Friday, Let’s Celebrate!

You Don’t Want A Writer On Your Bad Side

2015-01-22 Miss Poison Facebook, Poison In Lethal Doses, Social Media, Things That Enrage Me, Unbelievable Crap, Writing Facebook, Pissed Off, Social Media, Writing

I have just spent nearly seven hours trying to prove to Facebook that I'm a REAL person and not a computer in India. No, I am not kidding about that last part. This is one of those ridiculous problems people have been dealing with for several years now with this crap-ass version of social media … Continue reading You Don’t Want A Writer On Your Bad Side

Thoughts Through Other Eyes

2014-11-282014-11-29 Miss Poison Authors, Honesty, Judgment, Men, Musings, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Social Media, Thoughts, Unfiltered, Women, Writers, Writing Authors, Being Real, Best Face Forward, Honesty, Judgment, Languages, Musings, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Social Media, Unfiltered, Work, Writers, Writing

I am tired in a soul-deep, bone-deep way that I can’t quite explain. I know it is borne out of doing too much, too fast, without proper rest. Sometimes I forget that I have limitations due to Fibromyalgia/Chronic Pain and I simply want my normal life back. In turn, I suffer for every move I … Continue reading Thoughts Through Other Eyes