Preface: For the last day of mental health month, I wanted to share something I wrote that deals with some rather dark struggles. Struggles that I know others face as well. Struggles that I hope might be eased for just one person who reads this, even if only in the smallest way.
There is an angel who sits upon my shoulder who goes by the name of Death, And though I cannot always see him, upon my neck I can always feel his breath As he whispers to me relentlessly, deftly using my soul’s own Shibboleth.
He is my phantasmagorical companion from which there has thus far been no escape, One who has no single voice nor form yet is somehow always horrific in his shape When my mind’s eye sees him lying in the darkest shadows of my brain's path-illogical landscape.
For while it may be hidden, we are locked in eternal battle, one to which we both are bound, And though the clashes rage on deep within, the fighting furious and yet without a sound, The hardest part is not the fighting, it is the feeling that there will never be any respite to be found.
This war is one without casualties but still with victims–its battles waged within the mind– But even having entreated aid from all my demons with any values I could trade in kind, I have yet to even dream of any type of peace accords to which we would both agree to bind.
But what I have paid in pain to learn in this seemingly Sisyphean struggle is that one cannot sit idly by, That every new assault of his is but an opportunity for me to learn new tactics that I can in future then apply. Thus I have vowed: Whatever new mental munitions he has in store for me, nor what deadly schemes I must yet defy– Though I know, like you, I too will one day meet my end, it shall be he who will be the first to die.
-- @thoughtsfromb4
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K so not to be dramatic or anything, but there's a free vintage French pattern book available on antiquepatternlibrary so if you like to crochet/weave/make pixel art/tie epic friendship bracelets don't walk- RUN.
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And I don’t mean in the we deal with crazy people aspect, but more so how huge and ever increasing our scope is and how it has literally evolved so much even in the past 40 years. It’s literally insane when you think about it. The same license that allows you to take care of kids in a pediatrics office is the same one that allows a different nurse to independently insert PICC lines, and even still allow the critical care nurse to manage ECMO. Some of these nurses are doing it with a diploma or associates degree. Some nurses are anesthesia providers or primary care providers even still. Now obviously each specialty and advanced practice requires specific training or additional education, but the basis for all of these different avenues is the same RN license, and when you think about it, it honestly sounds literally so crazy. I would honestly love to sit down with older nurses or former nurses to see their views on how the profession has evolved, where it is currently, and where they think it’ll go. Like this is a crazy profession y’all. Never feel like you are “just a nurse” because it’s honestly one of the most badass professions out there.
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Amen to that little dude
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Hello everybody! I recently became an auntie! I am trying to compile a list of good children's TV shows and movies, and I would really appreciate some recommendations! What did you watch and like as a kid or an adult? Let me know in the comments or tags. Thanks so much! 😊
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Just a bunch of random stuff I like that I hope you like too. 👍 24 going on 60 lol
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