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Vaccines didn’t fail. Memory did. A blunt look at anti-vax politics, military readiness, and why the flu shot still matters. New Blog: nurseferatu.net/2026/04/25/ant… #VaccinesWork #PublicHealth #Influenza

Sometimes nostalgia doesn’t hurt. Sometimes it reminds you not everything in the past was broken. Sometimes “making it work” isn’t the answer. New Blog: nurseferatu.net/2026/04/23/day… #GriefJourney #MentalHealthMatters #Nostalgia #Healing #Relationships #SuicideAwareness #PersonalGrowth #Boundaries #LifeReflections #WastelandThoughts

Not all grief looks the same. Not all relationships leave the same kind of absence. Sometimes the hardest part is wondering why you don’t feel more. Latest blog: nurseferatu.net/2026/04/19/mor… #Grief #MentalHealth #life

Mind: 29 Humor: 12 Body: Civil War veteran Aging, spoon theory, and learning how to live within limits without losing yourself. New Blog: nurseferatu.net/2026/04/12/agi… #Aging #ChronicIllness #SpoonTheory

Sometimes escape isn’t a place. It’s just surviving where you are. nurseferatu.net/2026/04/06/mov… #Sobriety #PTSD #Grief #Recovery

“Measles parties” sound cute until you remember encephalitis is on the guest list. Vaccines exist for a reason. Cake, Punch, and Encephalitis nurseferatu.net/2026/04/03/cak… #VaccinesWork #PublicHealth

Boundaries Are Not Negotiations nurseferatu.net/2026/04/01/bou…

At some point, you stop adjusting your boundaries to survive people… …and start adjusting to their absence. nurseferatu.net/2026/04/01/dra… #Boundaries #MentalHealth #Grief #Wasteland

You don’t have to live in your past to reclaim parts of it. Sometimes finishing what was interrupted is enough. nurseferatu.net/2026/03/30/rec… #Veteran #Grief #Healing #LGBTQ

Some providers treat patients. Others judge timelines. Harm reduction isn’t optional—it’s the difference between care and abandonment. New blog nurseferatu.net/2026/03/22/har… #HarmReduction #Healthcare #Recovery

Military sexual trauma is far more common than most people realize. The numbers tell a story many institutions avoided for decades. New entry in the Scars of Service series. nurseferatu.net/2026/03/14/mil… #MilitarySexualTrauma #MST #Veterans #VeteranVoices #ScarsOfService #PTSD #VeteranAdvocacy #NotesFromTheWasteland

Military sexual trauma is far more common than most people realize. The numbers tell a story many institutions avoided for decades. New entry in the Scars of Service series. nurseferatu.net/2026/03/14/ano… #MilitarySexualTrauma #MST #Veterans #VeteranVoices #ScarsOfService #PTSD #VeteranAdvocacy #NotesFromTheWasteland

New blog post in my Scars of Service series. Military Sexual Trauma is rarely talked about openly. This is my story from Desert Storm and the long shadow it cast over the decades that followed. Some wounds never show up on an X-ray. nurseferatu.net/2026/03/12/sil… #Veterans #MST #PTSD

People say veterans “knew what they signed up for.” Most of us didn’t. Part 1 of a new series on veteran disabilities — the physical cost of military service and why VA disability exists. War never changes. wp.me/paxcwF-1CW #Veterans #MilitaryService #VADisability #BurnPits #VeteranHealth #WarNeverChanges #VeteranVoices #ArmyLife #CombatArms #InvisibleWounds

Veteran disabilities aren't only physical. PTSD, trauma, and hypervigilance often follow veterans long after service ends. Part 2 of my Scars of Service series. War never changes. nurseferatu.net/2026/03/10/war… #Veterans #PTSD #InvisibleWounds #MilitaryTrauma #VeteranVoices #WarNeverChanges #VeteranMentalHealth #CombatStress

Two weeks of Fasnacht. Cryptids in Appalachia. Starting seedlings in the greenhouse. Turns out life sometimes feels like gardening in the Wasteland. And maybe that’s okay. New blog post: nurseferatu.net/2026/03/05/gar… #NotesFromTheWasteland #Fallout76 #Fasnacht #VeteranLife #Gardening #SelfSufficiency #GriefAndGrowth #Appalachia #WastelandReflections

When “I love you” becomes reflex instead of truth. Grief, regret, liking vs loving, and what the wasteland gets right about loyalty. New post up nurseferatu.net/2026/03/02/whe… #NotesFromTheWasteland #GriefJourney #FalloutPhilosophy #VeteranWriter #lifeafterloss

After the adrenaline ends, who are you? Life after nursing isn’t just retirement. It’s identity withdrawal. Also: rare masks, Fastnacht, and why I can’t diagnose you via text. New post: nurseferatu.net/2026/02/23/aft… #Nursing #Retirement #Fallout76

Calling sexual assault “theatrics” isn’t political — it’s dangerous. Justice must be consistent. wp.me/paxcwF-1Bk #Accountabilitymatters #BelieveSurvivors #EndRapeCulture #JusticeNotPolitics #TraumaAwareness #InstitutionalFailure

PTSD explains. It doesn’t excuse. Living alone amplifies thoughts. Grace is harder than guilt. New post: wp.me/paxcwF-1AU #PTSD #TraumaRecovery #MentalHealthMatters #NarcissisticAbuse #SelfReflection #Grace #HealingJourney #Accountability #NotesFromTheWasteland