Veronica's thoughts on anything

just my thoughts & opinion on anything that interests me. everyone has thoughts, right? it can be bizarre. writing it out. Twitter- @VMeressa

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But what if it's excess?

But what if it’s excess?

Imagination

I didn’t forget my posts about serotonin-related topics that impact our brain & how women are vulnerable to the lack of this messenger. Furthermore, the effortless thing to boost it, which will be imagination. But What if it’s excess?

Imagination contradicts reality because it has the power to deviate us from reality, the present moment. Eckhart Tolle, the author of “the power…

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After 1960 giving & taking cycle

In one of my post, I talked about giving & taking in a relationship called the 360° cycle of giving & taking before 1960. Before women occupied a large part of the corporate world, before women strived to become independent & breadwinner.

During those times, giving was primarily thought to be man’s thing & women to be receivers. Indeed men were breadwinners, but it clouds the indication women…

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Facts tell stories sell

Facts tell stories sell

Visualization a method to boost serotonin, the chemical messenger. It is a method that women find an effortless thing to do because we do it all the time. It is thought to be the natural method of boosting the neurotransmitter.

My last consecutive posts are about serotonin because I think it relates to all people around the world who are in quarantine for seven months like me. The crisis that…

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Tip to boost Serotonin

Tip to boost Serotonin

On my last post about women & depression, I explained what serotonin is & how its release impact our brain.

Women as I mentioned inferring from studies made about how women are vulnerable to depression than men due to low release of this crucial neurotransmitter or chemical messenger.

Serotonin’s primary function is to maintain mood & anxiety. It is also called ‘happy messenger’ but over…

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Women & depression

In this deadly pandemic, the world is in right now & the deaths & cases recorded worldwide, make us forget the issues that are aside from the physiological dysfunction, which is the mental health issue which contributes to the physiological deterioration.

According to a recent study, 53% of U.S. adults say that the pandemic affects their mental health. The primary justification is from the…

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Explore Ethiopia

Part 1

Ethiopian kids celebrating new year

Being born in a country where the world perceives it to be underdeveloped, it is but clouds the ideology of travellers or foreigners, mentioning the tragic & fatal event in 1977 is breaking moment in the history of my country.

In all these times, I am still proud to be Ethiopian that is rooted in diverse religions and cultures that coexist…

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360° cycle of giving & taking before 1960

1960, the year that sparked change. After the feminist movement women entered the workforce in great numbers, earning & managing their own finances to facilitate themselves independently during crises such as divorce.

According to a book written by Massachusetts senator, Elizabeth Warren named ‘The two-income trap’, divorced mothers are 7× higher to go bankrupt & lose homes than the opposite.…

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My vision used to be...

My vision used to be…

I think you guessed it; it was to become a model. I had these dream also with other visions such as becoming an author because I started writing since I was 10 years old.

Part of the reason I wanted to be a model was to be in the spotlight. Having the spotlight & visible to all people can sound craving attention & it is if you use it for the right purpose.

Celebrities are always in the…

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The Stepford wives movie could tell us...

The Stepford wives movie could tell us…

Fiction is the reflection of the real world part 2

Men have an unconscious bias of expecting women to be perfect in every way & women always strive to be perfect in every way.

Both sexes expect this nonexistent term to fit on women & women on themselves. This is the outcome of how gender socialization affects the thoughts of men about how women should act & be & women as to perceive…

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Staring at my reflection

Not only women do we spend watching ourselves on the mirror but also men. But women take an unimaginable amount of hours if you will to look good & make appearances.

During parties, ceremonies, generally, we expect women to exhibit their feminity vibe check & that is by presenting themselves perfectly through attire that ignites the feminine body for the look.

Since the first day of…

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The Female World of Love & Ritual

Relational aggression in work places

If you read my post about relational aggression & how it is evident on women & above all how it impedes gender equality & how it starts explained by Ms Kris Stewart on her ted talk. This the link below👇👇👇👇👇 to see the whole talk.

https://youtu.be/2j-S06u5lDYhttps://images.app.goo.gl/cGEUj42a9SfTpBf99

This aggression is escalating due to gender…

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Poem series #2

The resurrection of Jesus Christ our lord

Our God from the dead

He is not here

Buried in a grave.

People who are looking for him

Us like Mary Magdalene & other women,

Remember what he said that The son of God & son of a human

Will be sent to suffer by the hands of sinners

He will be beaten & crucified

And dies for the sins of humans.

After three days & nights in…

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Poem series #1

Don’t u the killer have a mother

A mother who lives to see u be better.

This man was screaming mama mama

Oh “I can’t breathe mama.”

Being the better man & fighting for his life,

He is murdered for a deed

That is not compatible to earn death

Till when are we taking this,

Being humans with mothers.

Are we the better version of ourselves,

Are we people who we are…

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Relational Aggression

In this extremely sexist & racist world, we need the ones with the upper hand to take on the toll & to save the crisis. We desperately need men to solve sexism equation & we need white men & women to solve the racism matter. In sexism issue, men play a crucial role to eradicate the segregation. But what about us women?

Since feminism ideology sparked, the world is seeing a cultural &…

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Fiction is a reflection of the real world.

You literally don’t know what you are doing or writing after an emotional connection to a book you initially underestimated. Yes, that true. I never imagined crying while reading fiction unless that novel becomes a movie, so that I can witness the theme of the book.

This novel was different. I was introduced to this novel by one of my friends while she was reading Wattpad & she invited me to…

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Be wise or be smart in politics?

Intricated, controversial, sometimes with the name ‘Dirty Game’ is what defines politics not always, but a lot of the time. Furthermore, it gets worse if there are no leaders that can sustain what they are obligated to do.

All careers require experience but for politics, it demands more. Experience plus age matters if someone is equipped for the job depending on distinct political positions.…

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Evolutionary Bias vs PURPOSE

Now here is a man who understands women

1+1=2 is pure mathematics, but according to our creator: God, 1+1=1. 1 signifies wholeness, perfection in terms of the relationship between man & woman. The relationship is what is called marriage. One is incomplete without one or the other. Welcome to the purpose of Eve in Genesis.

Genesis 2:18, ‘And the Lord God said it is not Good that the man…

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