Total hipsters hah! (Taken with instagram)
Once there was a shadow who tore himself a mouth, only to discover that he could not speak.
Childhood Stress Leaves Genetic Scars - ScienceNOW
Traumatic experiences in early life can leave emotional scars. But a new study suggests that violence in childhood may leave a genetic mark as well. Researchers have found that children who are physically abused and bullied tend to have shorter telomeres—structures at the tips of chromosomes whose shrinkage has been linked to aging and disease.
Telomeres prevent DNA strands from unravelling, much like the plastic aglets on a shoelace. When cells divide, these structures grow shorter, limiting the number of times a cell can reproduce. For this reason,telomeres may reflect biological age. Research has found associations between stress and accelerated telomere loss, and shortened telomeres correlate with several health problems, including diabetes, dementia, and fatigue.
(The full article is so interesting. I can definitely see how this adds on to how early childhood abuse (even childhood attachment theories) can be possibly related to the onset of a mental illness later in life, such as dementia as they’ve mentioned above.)
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/04/childhood-stress-leaves-genetic.html?ref=hp
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Decided to go for something a little simpler today. This is Essie’s Splash of Grenadine, and the accent nail is the Luxe effect top coat in A Cut Above.
I always do a glitter accent when I have no time to do any cool details.
(Reblogged from tastefullyoffensive)
It’s been amazing
This semester couldn’t have ended in a better way than today. There are days that have passed this semester where we all just want to move on and get things over with and done with; but today I didn’t want it to end.
Event’s that transpired on my last day of school:
- Finished my last exam at 9AM:
Oh god, this I wanted to end and be done with. Even though I was stupid enough to forget to bring a pencil to my last exam, and came in late (As usual)—did pretty well for finishing within half an hour.
- Had a wonderful get together with Nursing389 GROUP 10:
Some groups work together and some don’t at all, but I’m pretty sure my group this semester rocked it. We went through hell and back, through thick and thin— I absolutely LOVE my nursing ladies so much! These 8 wonderful gals made my experience this semester so amazing and it may be our last day as Group10, but it definitely won’t be the last time we see each other again (I’m holding onto Mau for our Banff and Skydiving trips soon, oh and STAMPEDE heck yes)
We: made sugar cookies, baked red velvet cupcakes (ate most of the icing), ate sushi, decorated the sugar cookies, watched the Amazing Race, and overall had a blast.
Still bummed that there still isn’t a complete pic of all of us but oh well, can’t have everything. I should try my photoshopping skills one day, but that’s a recipe for disaster.. haha. Group10/12’ <3
- Went back to school for the Teaching Excellence Awards ceremony
I was excited when I heard Annette was considered for the award after I nominated her. I was overwhelmingly joyous when I received an emailing detailing how she won honourary mention for the award, and RVSP’d And, I admit it; I cried when I saw how elated she, and the other recipients of the award were for being recognized for the years of work they all poured their blood, sweat and tears into. Seeing some of these professors openly crying at the podium, I couldn’t hold my own tears back (oh Gosh, just thinking about it is making me weepy). This award seemed to mean everything to some of them. For being recognized how life changing and influential she was to us in the profound and deep personal stories of her life she has shared; I hope she got the message (like the two coffee mugs filled with chocolate and fuzzy notes from all of us, my hand painted card to her weren’t enough) that she is so loved and respected.
Starting this semester, I had absolutely NO plans for future work in psychiatric mental and senior health. I was afraid and didn’t know how to interact with the mentally ill. Now I just feel plain bad for being so ignorant and unaware of the serious health problems that these populations face from being pushed away from society. Both Annette and my clinical placement completely changed my views and opinions. I. Love. Mental. Health. Almost as much as I love children and that’s saying a lot. She didn’t win the award, the NPI for peds won, and she was just as amazing but I never had the chance to learn under her. In my head Annette won and that’s all that counts. We were there to cheer her on, and she understood. I hope we can actually meet with her for coffee next semester like she offered to talk and catch up again *fingers crossed*
Looking forward to next semester so much more now!!
Galaxy nails (Taken with instagram)
-saw this design floating around, and decided to try it too. Should definitely be studying, but I can’t stop staring at mah nails. And sorry about the gross dry cuticles hahaha
