Iria Vasquez-Paez
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I have a B.A. in creative writing from San Francisco State. Can people please donate? I'm very low-income. I need to start an escape the Ferengi plan.
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Why Histrionic Personality Is Hard to Deal With
Histrionics who have narcissism as well need to be the center of attention in all interactions. We are, however, discussing plain old histrionics in this regard. They need to be the center of attention. Personality disorders usually get better with age and some therapy but for some people, this is not always the case. Sadly, people with personality disorders do not see themselves as needing treatment unless their life circumstances push them into it when their resources are stretched too thin. I mean they only go when they feel really bad. If not before, they don’t see the need for treatment or help.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Psyche
Safe Sex or No Sex
Safe sex involves using various forms of protection such as the condom, spermacide, or female condom. The pill is a somewhat effective form of contraception that prevents pregnancy. A diaphragm is also a form of protection although the best protection is no sex. Birth control implants or IUDs (intrauterine devices) work to protect against pregnancy. Safe sex or no sex because you want protection against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Dental dams also work after oral, anal, or vaginal sex. Any barrier of any kind helps protect against skin-to-skin contact or fluids, which can spread the STD.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Filthy
Medical Marijuana: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Marijuana is a drug that does both harm and good. As for harm, it decreases motivation in addicts who smoke too much. Second-hand smoke can give people around the smoker contact highs, but it can also give people with HIV appetites or people with cancer who feel nauseated from chemo more of an appetite. The use of cannabis and cannabinoids are what gives marijuana its medicinal value. Marijuana can cause dizziness, tiredness, throwing up, and hallucinations. Few studies have been done on the long-term use of marijuana. More research needs to be done by the medical establishment.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Potent
Anxiety, the Good, the Bad, and How We Don’t Talk About It Enough
Awareness of the symptoms of anxiety mean that you can control or outright mitigate them if only because you learn how to redirect the way you are thinking to something more positive. But positive thinking isn’t everything. Anxiety causes pain. Extreme pain. On airplanes, I throw up from my anxiety, also other people’s anxiety I’m picking up on and focusing on, and the throwing up happens if I eat. I have since determined I need to eat at the airport, chug meds with that meal, and then get on the plane. My last traveling experience in 2014 made me realize this. There should be no eating on planes, I would have to put away the food in a bag for later consumption. My medication demands I have food with it though. I always isolate two snacks to eat with my meds when I take them at night.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Psyche
Making a Spanish Omelet
Over the years, I have struggled to learn how to make a Spanish omelet. My latest attempt involved putting the egg in the potatoes and not the potatoes in the egg. I used olive oil in the past. But then I observe my family uses too much of that so I switched to vegetable oil instead. The vegetable oil was working well for me this time around since I managed to retain some consistency. The eggs have to be solidified at the bottom of the frying pan. Most omelet making involves putting the vegetables in with the eggs anyway. Spanish omelet is called tortilla de patatas.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Feast
Telepathy
Telepathy The psychic faculty of telepathy occurs when one person tries mind-to-mind communication on another person. Telepathy is a mental realm exclusively, and is a form of non-physical communication of ideology, emotion, physical sensations, and mental imagery. Memories can be sent via telepathy to other people. In the west, telepathy is confined to psychics who practice it in giving psychic readings. Repeating somebody’s sentence by saying the same exact comment they make is a form of telepathy. So is getting the right answer in class at the same time somebody else is getting it. Sometimes telepathy works by thinking hard about somebody and getting a phone call from them.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Futurism
How I Got Perfect Diabetes
My 11:56 PM reading was 128 and I lowered my basal rate to .850. My 3:31 AM reading was 174. My 3:57 AM reading was 132. I nailed it. Tonight, I see if I can sleep until 7 AM. My seven-day average is 168, my fourteen-day average is 166, and my thirty-day average is 179 as of 6:48 AM. I now have to write these up in my journal. I nailed perfect middle of the night averages. I have had type 1 diabetes for seven years. Insulin, if anything, prolongs your lifespan. The insulin pump works on Humalog, one of the faster acting insulin types which start working in ten minutes. Insulin helps the human body regulate metabolism. It breaks down food into sugar. Without insulin as a hormone secreted by the pancreas, the human body can die easily. Insulin gets around inside the human body by causing organs to change metabolism. In normal humans, insulin is secreted to breakdown glucose.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Longevity
How My Clairvoyance Makes Me Crazy
Clairvoyance falls under the clear seeing category of psychic ability. You can get visions, or symbols in your head with this ability. Clairvoyance may be making things up in your addled mind but actually it means that you are processing the visions your mind is getting. Sometimes a vision is your life story. I had visions of helping the homeless get meds. Then a friend of mine remarked that this is me being a prescriber. I was then led to the idea that I want to become a psychiatrist, which is a relatively new idea for me at this point in my life.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Futurism
- Top Story - January 2018
How My Claircognizance Makes Me Crazy Top Story - January 2018
Claircognizance is defined as “clear knowing,” which I have in abundance. It is a sixth sense, which is helping my five physical senses of sight, touch, smell, hearing, and taste. I have normal senses and I have metaphysical senses. When something randomly pops into my head, like a Scrabble word when I’m playing, this is using my claircognizance. When I suddenly know something about what mental health diagnosis a person has, this is also my claircognizance. There are many ways I access this faculty. Claircognizance is something that can get me the right answer in class as well, often when it filters through from trance channeling the reading material.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Psyche
What It Is Like to Drink and Be Aware
As a gifted, and aware person, I drank to quell the talent and the noise. My talents are numerous. It is hard to be inside my own head sometimes. Alcohol served as self-medication for me. I gave it up. I quit drinking, period. It was a buffer. I was on meds by 20 but I still drank. I built up a tolerance. I had a high tolerance. I mean I could pound two Guinness beers and not feel much of a buzz. In college, I spent my life drinking until when I graduated in 2007. My symptoms were still something that got me picked on a lot. Now that I’m treated, I’m hardly picked on. Sure, I’ve figured out people bully only when your symptoms show.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Psyche
How To Survive as A Low Income Person
Somehow, on an income of six hundred or more, I survive as a low-income person. I manage to save $100 a month, give or take what I have left. I’m trying to save more money this year and to make more money. I used to have incremental spending, which meant to spend gently around a certain amount like $600, then $500, then $400, etc. I need a part-time job by now to pay for extra expenses like therapy. I’m glad my schizophrenia is finally treated long enough for me to be able to keep it together at work. I’m looking for work in freelance article writing as well as writing copy. It might be time to take my skill into some company out there.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Journal
Hypothyroidism
An illness like hypothyroidism causes extreme menstrual cycles, which go on forever. This is because the thyroid regulates hormones that cause menstruation. Your hair falls out, your nails get brittle, and you feel tired a lot. Patients know the tired feeling as brain fog. Your brain gets exhausted; you can barely function. Hypothyroidism only gets better with replacement thyroid hormone. You can take Armor, which is natural and based on desiccated pig hormone, or you can take levothyroxine, which is synthetic, man-made, and ultra good for your body. Hypothyroidism causes lack of focus. Sometimes some people are at their wit’s end with that and drink a lot coffee to survive the exhaustion, which is something I did in my twenties when I had bad thyroid problems.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Longevity