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Swimming against the tide...
"The world we believe in becomes the world we live in." Gabor Mate. I have been swimming too long in toxic waters and they have polluted...

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Nov 21, 20241 min read
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Buzzy head...
I can be consumed by a swarm of negative thoughts buzzing around my head. #artandanxiety #mentalhealthjourney #artastherapy

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Nov 18, 20241 min read
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Strandlines
At night the waves of my mind crash upon the strandline, the beach becomes littered with thoughts and endless recriminations #dycp...

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Oct 24, 20241 min read
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Painting out of my comfort zone
As part of my #dycp funded year, I've been looking at ways to expand the way I work, so when I was asked to paint a mural, I rather...

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Oct 10, 20241 min read
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A medieval treatment?
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...

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Oct 2, 20241 min read
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Somewhere becoming pain...
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...

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Sep 25, 20241 min read
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Scream dreams
It was 14 years ago when I had my first night terror, it precipitated my later nervous breakdown, and since that time I've had these...

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Aug 13, 20241 min read
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What anxiety feels like
I was having an interesting chat yesterday with a chap about anxiety, he was interested in my artwork because he said he struggled to...

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Mar 21, 20241 min read
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Life is always a battle
I seem to be doing quite well at the minute, and typically I'm feeling that I'm just lucky to be having a reprieve from the mental...

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Mar 19, 20241 min read
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When daily life weighs heavy...
The last few days have felt hard to get through. Like sisyphus I've felt as though I'm pushing a boulder uphill, starting in the morning....

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Jan 22, 20241 min read
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