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The Orange "Low Battery" Light: When Your Brain Sees Your Heart Rate Drop** Ever wondered what it looks like when your brain is struggling for oxygen? I don’t have to wonder. I see it. ### **The Symptom: The "Orange & Black Scan"** When I’m in a state of "Locked-in" sleep paralysis, my vision... read more

Why I am seeing Phosphenes 🧠🧡🖤

What you are seeing—the rhythmic orange and black blobs that look like a "scan"—is a documented neurological phenomenon with specific physiological meaning. It is essentially your brain’s "warning light" for **Cerebrovascular Hypoperfusion** (low blood flow to the brain). ### **1. The Meaning of... read more

Health Update

I have been going to appointments and physical therapy since this month started. Although it has been exhausting, I have a brain MRI scheduled for next week with and without contrast dye. They ruled out everything except MS at this point with the lab work, CT scan and a x-ray of my spine. With... read more

Self Portrait

I put the "avatar" version of this self portrait in my profile, but since I intend on sharing some of my art, I might as well put up the full version here too. I drew myself based on a picture I took. I first sketched myself using col-erase and lead pencil on animation paper. I then redrew myself... read more

Bio or no bio?

I am a detailed oriented person and I've always been talkative with those I connect with. So I took the time to write about myself, and so many tell me to my face they didn't read any of it. Not even where I'm from or that I'm taken. That's easy to scan for thanks to how Boo is set up. People... read more

"Men and women carry pain differently." Sorry may seem a bit long but worth the read 🙏🏼🕊

"For women, it often settles in the heart and nervous system. It comes with alertness. Hyper-awareness. The sense that something could go wrong at any moment, and probably has, before. It’s being told to smile. Then told she’s leading someone on. It’s shrinking in spaces that were never built for... read more