Someone reached their breaking point – I’m not sure who

CONTENT WARNING: Talk of suicide; emotional abuse. ... I'll be honest - I've never wanted kids. Maybe because of my father's influence, and his ideas about parenting. Yet and still, I find myself having to parent my Dad. Maybe that explains his woeful understanding of what it means to have children. Sometimes, it seems like …

A personal post

I realized that I don't do posts about myself that often. Sure, I talk about my cats (who wouldn't?), the books I've read, and my sociological and political views. It's all fun and games until a fight breaks out on my lap. But, I haven't told you about my family dynamic, nor what's going on. …

This is why I’m weird.

Those weird outcast, awkward, real people? Yeah. Love ya, ya monsters.

Random Questions – Post #5

If you’re new to our “weird/random/oversharing” corner of the Internet, or, if you need a refresher, check out Random Questions – Post #1.  For the veterans, welcome home.  Make yourself comfortable!  Random Question #5 Who are you?  How do you define yourself?  Are you who you’re related to?  Your career?  Your interests?  Your quirks?  So… …

Loki: The Life & Trials Of One Black Cat – The Tough Times

As I said in the intro to this rambling parade of cat pictures, Loki lived up to his Norse namesake.  From a tiny kitten, to a brat teen, Loki charmed everyone he met.  Even my Dad, the die-hard dog fan. It was during the last four years of his life - the Tough Times - …

3 reasons to pay attention to social comedowns in a pandemic changed world

This is so true. Having fibromyalgia, I already had some issues after social events (no matter how awesome they were). Talking about it is the first step – It’s more common than you’d think!

Love Uncommon

Many people experience a social hangover or comedown after spending time with friends. Some people know it as con-drop. Others just recognise that social interactions have the cost of a night of rumination and worry or a morning of scattered brain. These experiences are not widely discussed, which means that folks can feel really ashamed when they have a hard time after an otherwise pleasurable social event. I think this is a great moment to start talking more about social hangovers and come downs because they are very likely to get more common as more places come out of lock down and people start to socialise more. The shift from relatively few social interactions to a great deal more social contact, and particularly contact with larger groups of people, is likely to cause increases in social anxiety, higher levels of adrenaline and cortisol in our blood as we have social…

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Loki: The Life & Trials Of One Black Cat – Middle Ground

Welcome back, dedicated readers and silent lurkers just here for the cat pictures!  This is the second post re-telling the life of my cat, Loki.  For those of you who wandered over here, and have no idea what I’m talking about – here’s where I felt it necessary to explain the premise, and here’s the …

Loki: The Life & Trials Of One Black Cat – Early Years

Loki was born around the first week in July in 2010.  When the vet gave that estimate at his first check-up, I picked July 4th for his unofficial birthday.  Because it was easy to remember.  I had wanted a cat of my own for a while.  When my ex-husband/boyfriend-at-the-time (long story – don’t drink around …

Loki: The Life & Trials Of One Black Cat – Introduction

So, after sorting through almost 1,300 pictures and videos of Loki, I chucked all 12 pages of my original rough draft for this post.  Maybe the images made me realize the post sucked.  Maybe it just raised different feelings and memories. I choose to believe the latter. 😆 As I said in my recent post, …