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  Cultivating sense of menace. Panic. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Mass hysteria.  

  We’re all in this together. Adversity. Creativity. Feedback. Keep calm and say meow to Laura’s beautiful cats, Yosarian and Milo. 

  There’s power in an ending. Trauma. Grief. Survivors.Source: Book Riot  

  MASK-19 COVID-19. Domestic violence. Code words.Source: CNN  

  Being your own health advocate. Healthcare. PatientWisdom. Telehealth.Take the quiz to get your ACE score. Please visit PatientWidsom and CommunityWisdom to access tools for healing. 

  Fighting demons is no joke. Dreams. Recurring nightmares. Hallucinations.  

  Sheltering in place. COVID-19. Domestic violence. Domestic homicides. Sources: CBS Minnesota, Los Angeles Times, Violence Free Minnesota, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), and Pollen Midwest.Donation suggestion: Support NCADV’s COVID-19 response. Please visit Pollen for an online community of caring connections. 

  ARSES across ACEs. Childhood development. Nurturing relationships. Safe spaces.Sources: National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, JAMA Pediatrics, ACEs Connection, Wisconsin Behavioral Risk Surveillance Survey, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, and the Center for the Study of Social Policy. Say hello to Laura’s beautiful dog, Ranma. 

  Planting the seeds for future flourishing. Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs).Sources: Psychology Today and JAMA Pediatrics.  

  Who the f*ck wouldn’t want to escape trauma? Heaven’s Gate cult. Fantasy Prone Personality (FPP). Victim blaming.Sources: Real Life X-Files: Investigating the Paranormal by Joe Nickell, PSI Research, and The Fantasy-Prone Personality: Implications for Understanding Imagery, Hypnosis, and Parapsychological Phenomena by S.C Wilson and T.X. Barber.Take the quiz to get your Fantasy Proneness score. Who let the barks out? 

  What we talk about when our moms are dead. Boundaries. Guilt. Compromised immune systems.  

  Vulnerability can be so therapeutic. Control. Validation. The power of apology. Talk herdy to Laura’s barkterpuss, Kitsune. 

  The infamous Bender family. Shelter. Vulnerability. A family of serial killers.Sources: CNN, Kansapedia, Kansas Historical Society, Kansas Memory, and Wikipedia. Donation suggestions: NCADV, Missions, Inc., Violence Free Minnesota. See the knife that exists in a historical way. 

  Eight reasons why freedom from childhood is difficult. ACEs. The ritual of addiction. Healing.Sources: Psychology Today and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  

  Delving into medication. Anxiety. Depression. Medication. Who let the barks out? 

  One grain of nihilism is a network. Ouija boards. Hauntings. Negative energy.Become a paid member for access to The Deep Whiskey episodes (coming soon). Ouija: It’s only a game, isn’t it? 

  Let’s talk about dads, baby. Childhood abuse. Antidepressants. Work. Say meow to Laura’s naughty kitty, Milo. 

  Bundy is an unreliable narrator. The childhood of serial killer Ted Bundy.Sources: Wikipedia, Biography, AETV, National Archives at Philadelphia, Burlington Free Press, Soul Eaters by Gooi Ravenskul Venas, Ted Bundy The Worst and Most Popular Serial Killer in America's History by J. D. Rockefeller, and Ted Bundy Absolute Horror by Laurent Poret. Talk herdy to Laura’s barkterpuss, Kitsune. 

  A credit to wintery spaces. Moms. Late Christmas. Agoraphobia.  

  Happy New Year Christmas. Dementia. Triangulation. Say hello right meow to Matt’s gorgeous cats, Ziggy and Marley.