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Life needs more commas...
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...

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Nov 29, 20241 min read


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


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


Of bubbles a boundaries
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...

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Nov 15, 20242 min read


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

thwtbd
Nov 11, 20241 min read


My little book of C words...
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...

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Nov 5, 20241 min read


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

thwtbd
Oct 28, 20241 min read


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

thwtbd
Oct 24, 20241 min read


A moment in time
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,...

thwtbd
Oct 17, 20242 min read


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

thwtbd
Oct 7, 20241 min read


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

thwtbd
Sep 30, 20241 min read


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...

thwtbd
Sep 25, 20241 min read


Feeling rubbed out
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...

thwtbd
Sep 20, 20241 min read


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

thwtbd
Sep 11, 20241 min read


Carrying the weight of the world....
When I write this phrase down, I appreciate that it seems really quite narcissistic. However, I also realise that it stems from...

thwtbd
Sep 10, 20241 min read


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

thwtbd
Sep 5, 20241 min read


The best decision I've ever made
This is the first page of what would become, to date, an 83-book journey. It was a tentative step made in a blank A4, 92-page sketchbook...

thwtbd
Aug 2, 20241 min read


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...

thwtbd
Mar 21, 20241 min read


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...

thwtbd
Mar 19, 20241 min read


The playhouse of your mind
I love this quote, as my mind does feel like a battlefield at the minute, and I can't seem to alight on something that will quieten it....

thwtbd
Feb 20, 20241 min read
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