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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The Effects of Chronic Sleep Deprivation
Chronic sleep deprivation can be very bad for your health. I should know because, until I was 20, I had that. In my adult life, I have been able to get more sleep, which has resulted in me waking up feeling well rested. Sleep loss happens when a busy person doesn’t always go to bed early. It is a bit odd to me, however, that doctors do not ask much about how you are sleeping. The consequences of sleep deprivation include car accidents or accidents with objects that an individual has to operate. Sleep deprivation can cause obesity, as well. When I was fatter than I am now, as I’m trying to lose weight, I’m convinced that I lost weight only because I was getting enough sleep.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Longevity
How I Recognized I'm an Alcoholic
I was flirting with functional alcoholism from the age of 18 when I graduated high school. My family imposes their problems with alcohol on each other, with nobody really recognizing their problem. I was drinking port in my twenties. Somehow I could make it home at night without anybody noticing. I’m 36 now, and I have maintained my sobriety from 2010 until now. This is 8 years of sobriety. I get antsy in bars. I recognized my alcoholism for years but I kept it going as my own best enabler. The ex and I were drinking buddies.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Proof
Life As a Copywriter
I write copy. I have managed to train myself in writing copy since August of 2017. I attempt to write three articles of copy per day. The website I’m a member of has me at 2-stars right now and I was previously a 3-star. Occasionally I make mistakes because of my schizophrenia. I try too hard to fix them, but then I perceive them as unfixable so I give up. I usually send articles like that back, although this time I feel I should have given up. There is far more work at level 3. But level 2 is less responsibility.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Journal
The Need for Universal Income
Universal income is a thing European countries attempt. Normally, most people make income through work, but some make money off of SSI pensions. This is a form of universal income. Universal income implies that everybody on the planet gets a small stipend. I’m shocked that some people in other countries do not have enough money. An African would be rich by their standards if they had what I have in my account now. They also use animals to demonstrate their wealth, so much so that there are organizations that help average people who have money in other countries buy Africans chickens who lay eggs, which gives people a means to trade the eggs for goods or other livestock.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in The Swamp
Using the Term “Retard” as Hate Speech
Calling somebody names like “r#tard” is the equivalent to calling somebody the n-word. Name-calling is something vicious and evil. People with mental health problems or other disabilities are not retarded. People with autism don’t deserve that kind of treatment either.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Longevity
Medication Taking as the Key to Success
Taking my medication daily is something I do without thinking about it. I mean, I do not skip doses like many people I know. I chose medication since it helps regulate my body as well as my power. Without my meds, I’d be in bad shape. Skipping my medication could frankly kill me. I don’t get people who do this. I dump people like that. I can’t stand people who refuse medication on top of that. Stubborn people who refuse to take any medication. When a friend asks me why, I am at a loss for words. I stay friends with my stable friends.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Psyche
My Current Job Situation
As some disabled people do, I face long-term unemployment. Maybe employers don’t want to mess up my situation since you have to be low-income to qualify at all. I applied at GNC since I feel that future doctors should be working at GNC if I happen to know about supplements. I also have other job applications I need to turn in at the mall. The mall has plenty of jobs. I’m willing to work in food service again. I also want to go back to school and take online classes. I can do both, and keep up with online self-paced pagan school and even Penn Foster. I finished a private investigation course at Penn Foster.com this year. I got this done by December. I nailed an 87 percent B, I feel old guilt about because it wasn’t an A.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Journal
Why They Haven't Blown Us up Yet?
Some people who call themselves "starseed" are a touch brainwashed. Don’t live in the glow of your specialness, do something. I plan on running for office. I also want to actually go to city council meetings at some point. We are here to do something about the way the world is, to prepare it for the future, and for first contact. We are not here to be lazy, lay-about do nothings. I will start by getting myself onto the work 2 future board and eventually into becoming a district 10 representative. I have to start going to those meetings so I learn about the position, and get trained by the current guy. I’m currently looking at a website that features opportunities on how to get involved with your community. Getting involved is exactly what I plan on doing this year.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Futurism
What It Feels Like to Have Schizophrenia
Everything is loud. Here I will write about what it was like to have schizophrenia as a child, not know what it was, and not having a diagnosis I could tell people about that they would understand. These days, my experience in class means I feel less wound up overall, to the point of not being wound up at all, in fact, which makes me feel odd. For somebody with real psychic talent, the input comes hot and heavy: everybody’s energy, everybody’s aura colors. Not being on meds meant that I was helpless at regulating the input I got from my mind. As an adult, on the right medication, I’m able to see that I can regulate the input better. I can also shut it off since I took a class on the off switch.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Psyche
Borderline Personality Disorder
People with borderline often have mood swings, and as such, they can also be bipolar. I tend to dump people who are unstable. Borderlines also project a lot making you the one at fault, when in fact, you aren’t. Borderlines get angry or depressed, in such a state that lasts only a few hours to a few days. Borderlines have difficulty with interpersonal relationships. They also self-injure through drinking or cutting, or are outright suicidal from their deep depressions. Now in my untreated family, nobody admits their depression even if they have it. Borderlines are all about black and white thinking. Look out for landing on their black. Princess Diana was a borderline, but her kids do not have it.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Psyche
Bipolar and Schizophrenia Meds I Have Tried
Long before I found Geodon, I tried quite a few medications in order to get stable. The first I tried was Zyprexa, which didn’t take care of the whole problem right away. I was on a dose of 10 mg of Zyprexa when I was in junior college working on my A.A. in creative writing and my A.A. in anthropology. I was also on something like 75 mg of Effexor, and I was started on thyroid hormone at 20 in 2001. It didn’t get stable until 2002-2003. I was on Effexor until I got boils at San Francisco State, which appeared on my face. I had to beg them to lower the dose because of the side effects.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Psyche
STDs: What They Are
Here is a general discussion on STDs, which is something that everybody needs to understand, as well as have treated. We will start with herpes. Herpes is terrifying because it doesn’t really have many symptoms with the carriers not really knowing they have herpes to begin with. Herpes is a blister around the genitals or anus. The first time it outbreaks can be the most painful, but additional outbreaks aren’t so bad. The only treatment is antiviral medications that can help repress or prevent outbreaks. Herpes can be transmitted through unprotected sex, although the best cure for not contracting a painful illness like this is monogamy with one partner. Condoms may or may not work since abstinence is more effective than actually infecting somebody with herpes because you can’t keep a lid on it.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Filthy
