I was talking to my "stress nurse" yesterday and she taught me a little did-you-know fact.

Did you know, on average, the human body needs eight positive touches a day to survive? This includes hand shakes, a hand on the shoulder, a hug, a kiss, etc.

So, if you think about it, people that are depressed are just upset because they don’t get attention...because when your body lacks positive touches it can stunt your growth and effect your mental and emotional development.

*hugs to everyone out there*

Ladies, here's a fact for you.

I learned something new today:

On average menstruation starts at the age of twelve and ends at the age of fifty two.

Let's think about this for the minute.

Forty years of periods means... Four hundred and eighty periods, times that by an average length of five days...that’s two thousand four hundred days of bleeding, or six point fifty eight years of blood.

After telling me this, Suzie turned to me and said, "think of all the people you could drown in nearly seven years worth of blood..." The thought of drowning in thick, gloopy blood made me gag.

Happy Diwali

There's an Indian mother and daughter family who live a couple of doors down from my flat and I was walking passed them this morning as they were spray painting some patterns onto the floor outside of their door.

The mother smiled at me and said "happy diwali".

I learned that Diwali is the "festival of lights", and that it's a five day festival in India that celebrates the victory of good over evil. Today and for the next five days, Indians all over the world will be lighting candles all over their houses, letting off fireworks and firecrackers, sharing sweets, and worshipping the goddess of wealth - Lakshmi.

They invited me into their home to show me all of their home-made candles and decorations, and hanging on the wall above the fireplace was a large picture of this:

This is how India looks from outer space on Diwali night.

Fact:

We only dream of what we know.

Our dreams are frequently full of strangers who play out certain parts, did you know that your mind is not inventing those faces? They are real faces of real people that you have seen during your life but may not know or remember - the evil killer in your latest dream may be the guy who pumped petrol into your dad’s car when you were just a little kid. We have all seen hundreds of thousands of faces throughout our lives, so we have an endless supply of characters for our brain to utilise during our dreams.

A really depressing fact:

LENNIE NEVER GOT TO TEND THE RABBITS.

Of Mice And Men actually makes me cry when Lennie dies. I remember reading that scene over and over and it making me cry.

Just read the ending tonight, crying my eyes out.