My brain seems to run like a flow of words that never stops for breath. There are no commas, no full stops. It goes on and on. Breathless...

I can be consumed by a swarm of negative thoughts buzzing around my head. #artandanxiety #mentalhealthjourney #artastherapy

I do find the way therapy and counselling speak to be a bit cringey and overused in places, but as boundaries is a good way to describe...

My thoughts behav like overeager bunnies tumbling over themselves in their eagerness to get my attention. It's exhausting. #dycp...

I've been mulling over an idea for a self-help (for me) book of c words that I can turn to when my anxiety is taking over my brain. This...

This illustration was originally created around themes of attachment and how I fill the perceived gaps and damage in my brain. I had...

As part of my #dycp year I undertook a course with the UAL online learning about book illustration. For my story I created a narrative...

At night the waves of my mind crash upon the strandline, the beach becomes littered with thoughts and endless recriminations #dycp...

I've spent years trying to figure out what went wrong with my mother's relationship with me. Why I never seemed to meet her expectations,...

I've been putting my learning from this year into practice over the last couple of weeks, and ran two autumn-themed journaling workshops...

I spent a lot of my time reading about the history of mental health and listening to lots of podcasts about the same issue, this can get...

There are days where I just can't keep 'it' out. The world, that is. The relentless onslaught of the media, noise, the overpowering...

I'm feeling pain and sadness at the minute. There are endings to deal with. I don't do well with endings. I can see only the end, and not...

I've always struggled to take my place in the world, to have my voice heard or to take up space. It feels like everytime I feel...

In those lucky years before my breakdown when I was unaware of anxiety and its impacts, I would have said that it was something that was...

This cartoon was about how the last few years of life has felt. A constant tsunami of events, job loss, no money, Covid lockdowns,...

It's been a rough few weeks with morning palpitations, panic attacks and night terror. It's been exhausting operating and trying to...

This year I've been thinking a lot about waves, brain waves and beach waves, this, alongside, with having friends who do cold-water...

I've realised that my default response to noisy people and certain situations, is to retreat. To move away. Become invisible and small. I...

Mornings always seem to be the worst for the grey fog. Wake up. Then as my brain lifts itself from sleep, it then seems to move into a...