I found myself issuing unnerving questioning to my โ€˜selfโ€™โ€ฆ

Am I โ€˜allowedโ€™ to post about NOT being ALRIGHT?๐Ÿ’™โ€˜Itโ€™s okay not to be okayโ€™๐Ÿ’š I wonder why I felt as though this even had to be considered a questionโ€ฆ self doubtโ€™s reliable โ€˜onโ€™ switch, quickly reminded me, as the champion over thinker I am, YES- clearly, self doubt might be pulling too many of my … Continue reading I found myself issuing unnerving questioning to my โ€˜selfโ€™โ€ฆ

The Lost and the Found

They Donโ€™t Feel It โ€” But You Do Ah yesโ€ฆ thereโ€™s a shift happening. You can feel it, canโ€™t you? Like static in the bones. The air is thick with โ€ฆThe Lost and the Found

One word to describe the cataclysm of a self that is I!?

Word to describe myself? Tough one- but Iโ€™m going to go with โ€˜Spiritedโ€™ โ€˜Spiritedโ€™ I have not the audacity to call myself โ€˜unconquerableโ€™, because, believe me, life has threatened and humbled my steadfast and passionate spirit with too many a persistent reminder, not to get ahead of myself, and to learn the (inconvenience of a … Continue reading One word to describe the cataclysm of a self that is I!?

Why the fuck did I think that!?

Welcome to the end of another pretty ruthless year; 2024. This time last year, I felt a great deal more celebratory in this day, the birthday of Jesus Christ- 25th Decemberโ€ฆ. Iโ€™d just been discharged from a hospital admission whereby my abusive ex partner had found out where I was feeling and staying in refuge … Continue reading Why the fuck did I think that!?

Psychedelic Sundaysโ€ฆ

Enjoy this trippy visual journey into the colour dimension with me! Sunday vibes and rainy day excuses, paired with a personal tendency towards all things bright and beautiful, psychedelic and immersive, are all welcome in my box of reasoning behind this little creation. Enjoy! โฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGddwrDaq/ โฌ†๏ธโฌ†๏ธโฌ†๏ธ

Hard workโ€ฆ Not a headline many people will warm to!

In what ways does hard work make you feel fulfilled? *First of all- Credit for the featured image set for this post goes to the wonderfully talented Artist Ella Dorson, who created the portrait of myself and my dog, blended spoken words exchanged between us beautifully, and used her Artwork of me alongside and part … Continue reading Hard workโ€ฆ Not a headline many people will warm to!

Again, I lack present capacity for sensible answers, so you wonโ€™t get one today

What could you do more of? Stanley cannot even believe Iโ€™m about to admit this, butโ€ฆ I could certainly shut the fuck up, that is absolutely apparent, particularly evidenced by the fact that people who spend an hour in my company, are on average 7 times more likely to need a holiday, 10 times more … Continue reading Again, I lack present capacity for sensible answers, so you wonโ€™t get one today

Best advice in small packages

What's the best piece of advice you've ever received? Iโ€™ve received a lot of brilliant advice over time, and to be honest, itโ€™s going to be way too difficult to narrow it down, so Iโ€™m just going to come out with a recent rather hilarious piece of advice I received courtesy of a mental health … Continue reading Best advice in small packages

Creative Therapeutic Techniques for Mental Health | Imagination in Therapy, Stress Reduction, and Social Engagement

If you are a creative, you have a huge leg up when it comes to building healthy coping skills! We use creativity even in the most dry straight-โ€ฆCreative Therapeutic Techniques for Mental Health | Imagination in Therapy, Stress Reduction, and Social Engagement

Open for business

If you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell? Art materials Art LSD- Could come in different forms for consumption, such as a vape form: โ€˜See-an-Elf-Barโ€™ ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿซ ๐ŸŒˆ 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿชฉ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐ŸŽถโค๏ธโ˜ฎ๏ธ High (pun in included for free) quality Cannabis not laced with any bullshit, but of a decent Amsterdam coffee shop degree … Continue reading Open for business

Oh behold all the fucks I give!

vm.tiktok.com/ZGe7TMTpV/ I'm skint, I've ran out of me meds, the mental health services in this city (barring the charity Mind), have added even more ingredients to that C-PTSD diagnosis I've been gifted by life and Psychiatrists, the Bipolar shits and giggles that in all seriousness- CLEARLY cause problems and shenanigans... The perpetrators and the global … Continue reading Oh behold all the fucks I give!

Ooooohhh what a question!

How would you describe yourself to someone who can't see you? The chance to reinvent a โ€˜descriptionโ€™ so suit some eyes that cannot see meโ€ฆ harder than it sounds, and you perhaps Iโ€™m not actually the one best qualified anywayโ€ฆ Wow, Iโ€™m trying to not overthink this or overanalyse the variables which I always feel … Continue reading Ooooohhh what a question!

Disclaimer- This post might cause problems

Psychedelics- I need your help (I think) A disclaimer:I donโ€™t mean to be insensitive, Iโ€™m just really not capable of thinking without speaking first. So a good question was asked: Do blind people get the same trippy visuals when taking mushrooms? Furthermore: The real question is that when deaf people get voices in their head … Continue reading Disclaimer- This post might cause problems

Does ADHD class as an โ€˜activityโ€™!?

Which activities make you lose track of time? What a question! ๐Ÿ˜‚ I canโ€™t tell whether itโ€™s the track of time making me lose the activities or the activities making me lose track of time!? Because believe me, they all seem to! Itโ€™s been suggested many times I get assessed for ADHDโ€ฆ I have tried, … Continue reading Does ADHD class as an โ€˜activityโ€™!?

Sketch your emotions free

Words can sometimes deceive us, despite their brilliant potential, they also have a power to constrain us, and lack the power to enable certain things to be expressedโ€ฆ We could write and speak, mask and pretend all we like, if only we could, and also, if only we didnโ€™t inadvertently do our mental wellbeing harm, … Continue reading Sketch your emotions free

Check this person out, she is amazing, in pictures and for real! โฌ‡๏ธ๐Ÿ’œ

http://www.instagram.com/p/Cz9LWK3Mzmm/ โฌ†๏ธโฌ†๏ธ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ’œ๐ŸŽต Check out the Instagram page of the official above link, it is amazing, the creator talks about struggles with mental health, Bipolar Disorder more specifically, what it's like to live with them, in perfect but simple little images, and somehow manages to capture both the exact means of expressing something myself, and I'm … Continue reading Check this person out, she is amazing, in pictures and for real! โฌ‡๏ธ๐Ÿ’œ

Pending echoes- lyrics to my last song, link to recorded version yet to come!

Life, death, beauty beside decay, as ms portrayed visually, as a reminder of transformation, which sometimes only starts after death. Madness, eh! Hello hello Is anybody out there? Hello hello Can anybody hear? Hello hello All I hear are echoes I shout your name but no one hears The echoes, echoes, All I hear are … Continue reading Pending echoes- lyrics to my last song, link to recorded version yet to come!

Oh I Love this for a daily Question!

What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain. Say what? โ€˜So, I must ask you Ellie, how come someone whoโ€™s got a University Degree and a brain like yours ended up an addict whoโ€™s also been sectioned on a mental health ward?!โ€™ The question itself is easy and funny to answer if Iโ€™m … Continue reading Oh I Love this for a daily Question!

Waking up on the Ground

โ€˜The portalโ€™ I just walked up to the small building, which houses the interior of a wonderland called โ€˜Groundโ€™, which runs Art groups, as Iโ€™ve just been enlightened about. As it just so happened, Iโ€™d forgotten to ask the time and day the groups were actually on at the time I was told about themโ€ฆ … Continue reading Waking up on the Ground

Empathy gone too farโ€ฆ

So I have recently started writing in a journal with actual pen and paper again, for myself, because I realised the potential benefits to oneโ€™s mental health from this. This is what ended up happening, and I donโ€™t even understand how or why! The doodled perspective of Old skool phone with its daily challenges I … Continue reading Empathy gone too farโ€ฆ

The best company

Who are your favorite people to be around? Answering todayโ€™s daily question, itโ€™s actually surprisingly easy for me to me answer, now that Iโ€™ve had enough years of life experience to decipher bad company (boring, judgemental, narcissistic, predatory, contemptuous, unremarkable, spiritless Tory voters) and confidently distinguish the differences which constitute favourable โ€˜companyโ€™ for me. My … Continue reading The best company

My biography might be titledโ€ฆ

Wowโ€ฆ so many potential titles spring to mind, not all of them favourable! This requires a lightbulb with its own brain I could brainstorm some instinctive ideas: The tangle with a twist All the paths which didnโ€™t exist, which I turned into my own direction The last one standing at the rave, who wouldnโ€™t stop, … Continue reading My biography might be titledโ€ฆ

โ€˜Do you need moneyโ€™?

God, doesnโ€™t the sight of it just make you mad you canโ€™t just reach into this still image and grab it, so you can heat your home? I stumbled upon an interesting question posted by a group on Facebook called โ€˜Humble Quoteโ€™. The question: โ€˜Answer This QuestionWithoutSaying, Yeah, Yea, Yo, Yes, Yah, Yup, Yap, Yep,'DO … Continue reading โ€˜Do you need moneyโ€™?

Re-blogging an upload in rebellion- Tales from the Psych Ward, how to find the comedy within

mindinmotion.home.blog/2023/12/20/tales-from-the-psych-ward-hilarious-ways-to-disturb-your-11-constant/ I don't know why the original publication of this post hasn't uploaded properly, but here is a link to access it! I assure you, it is worth the effort!

Ok one or two more

Finally - JonOne by JonOne on #SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/jonone/finally-version-2 Reet tune this mix is! Listen to JonOne on SoundCloud

I promise (to the best of my ability), that this will be the last treasure of a tune I share today!

Sneakers by Opiuo on #SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/opiuo/02-sneakers Listen on SoundCloud

Further song bombs- Lioness

Lioness (Original Ruff Edit) by La La & the Boo Ya on #SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/lalabooya/lioness-original-ruff-edit Listen on SoundCloud

Merry Christmas- I am the Ellie version of Santa, and I bring you gifts of many songs!

Paleolit by Bรคsst on #SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/b-sst/paleolit https://on.soundcloud.com/FfbTaBXdBMvCcxwi9

More musical first aid

Drowning in silence by Twigg on #SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/twiggescapes/drowning-in-silence https://on.soundcloud.com/aX5yWEZPrwv3wdWj6 Always found this track beautiful

Share the sounds

22:39 by Isis Moray on #SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/moraymusic/2239a Yet another brilliant composition that needed sharing, I personally love it, and it's certainly got all the elements about it to enable you to embrace a trance like rave... moving your mind doesn't always require thinking. It often requires losing yourself in the midst of dance, a great … Continue reading Share the sounds

Daily prompt- Question of the day

Are you a good judge of character? Attempted brainwork to achieve accurate answer No. That is the only honest answer I can nowadays give. I really donโ€™t think so, anymore. I used to believe I was inherently capable of judging a character well, even within mere minutes of having met a new person to apply … Continue reading Daily prompt- Question of the day

Tales from the โ€˜Psych Wardโ€™- Hilarious ways to disturb your 1:1 constant

โ€˜Always watching, wonโ€™t miss a trick!โ€™ Well I have to confess, I have spent a fairly ample number of days (this is as vague as Iโ€™m admitting, could be under twenty- eight, could also be nearing the thousands- I wonโ€™t spoil your fun, itโ€™s yours to guess!) sectioned under the Mental Heath Act, within a … Continue reading Tales from the โ€˜Psych Wardโ€™- Hilarious ways to disturb your 1:1 constant

To be โ€˜differentโ€™ is not a โ€˜burdenโ€™

I was inspired to write this after stumbling upon a post which caught my attention from another page, a facebook page called Just Meโ€™s Mental Health. Link to this page: (https://www.facebook.com/justmementalhealth) It was a post with this image: Credit to Just Meโ€™s Mental Health Facebook post I unreservedly gave the post a โ€˜likeโ€™, and felt … Continue reading To be โ€˜differentโ€™ is not a โ€˜burdenโ€™