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A pounding headache, inconvenient female problems, and a non-starting vehicle are the goodies Trella must deal with after being off for several days. The headache is a regular “feature” of the monthly female cycle, which is standard in a woman’s life until it stops. The car simply stopped starting after…

You didn’t get the promotion. Your crush thinks you’re gross. Most people ignore you, few people like you, and nobody reciprocates. Congratulations. You now know what it feels like to get your butt kicked by rejection. Everyone has to deal with rejection at some point, but artists, empaths, and trauma…

Unpunished Time Off: This Is How They Get Ya Trella’s flairhouse has an excellent practice of letting workers stay home when the headcount is high. …

I Still Run Away From Monsters — While browsing other people’s writing, I came across the fight/flight/freeze response concept. They’re everyone’s natural response to imminent danger, but those of us who have been through severe trauma kick those reactions up about 100 notches. Though it isn’t at all humorous to be triggered enough to go into any…

Today, I got my first backhanded compliment. If you don’t know what that is, it’s a seemingly lovely compliment wrapped around hidden insults that completely invalidate it. So, it’s like an F-you burrito. A random person told me I reminded them of Jada Pinkett-Smith. Remember what I wrote about boredom…

It used to happen in school, and now it happens in workplaces. You get hit with those fiery darts from hell. …

How To Walk 30,000 Steps and 11 Miles in < 8 Hours Trella almost walked 15,000 steps today, which equates to 5.79 miles. So, she set a new personal record for exercise and got a fake virtual gold trophy. It’s the thought that counts, right? Not really. Some walking apps…

To Work or Not To Work You’d think that being at the bottom of the socio-eco class and needing to pay a crap-ton of bills would be enough to motivate one to go to work. Such is not true. Some folks prefer to sleep. …