Potion for your Mind’s Motion- Art, Comedy, Mental Health, Imperfect poems, Lived Experience Stories, Advice (good and bad)
Keep moving forward and keep your mind in motion, it assists and enables your healing.
Who is the most confident person you know? Guess my answer… The answer to this daily prompt question, asking, ‘who is the most confident person I know?’ Well, I reckon, that despite having had the privilege of meeting some incredibly confident people in my lifetime, and taking inspiration from the their unwavering shine, I find … Continue reading Tooting my own horn without shame 🎺🌈
What strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings? What an apt daily question to ask, of someone who is officially ‘diagnosed’ as having C-PTSD, BPD, Major Depressive Illness, recurring eating disorders and a history of drug and alcohol addiction! You asked for this! Prepare yourselves for some disturbing answers, and hopefully, a few … Continue reading What a question! Why, Ive got 33 years worth of ‘strategies’, for those officially ‘diagnosed’!
Poem ‘Imprints in the snow’ A reflective piece inspired and triggered by experiences of C-PTSD, recovery, flashbacks, memories, and resilience.
Your Art and your afterlife Art that I drew and revived for you. I finished the Heart and butterflies drawing just seconds after midnight turned into Mother’s Day. That’s good timing for me, I’m usually not the timekeeping master of the century. But you knew that anyway… ❤️ Happy Mother’s Day Mum…. I lit my … Continue reading Happy Mother’s Day, I miss you 💜
Find empathy for the planet and non human creatures difficult? https://youtu.be/p7LDk4D3Q3U?si=mhI2D5fpu1PWNiPY -YouTube animation credit: Steve Cutts For some, Empathy comes almost too easily, which can be problematic and world full of Narcissists. Many of us won’t even know where we stand, label wise, between the polar opposites of the ‘Empath’ or the ‘Narcissist’. That’s absolutely … Continue reading An introductory video to Empathy
‘The portal’ I just walked up to the small building, which houses the interior of a wonderland called ‘Ground’, which runs Art groups, as I’ve just been enlightened about. As it just so happened, I’d forgotten to ask the time and day the groups were actually on at the time I was told about them… … Continue reading Waking up on the Ground
No, ‘life’, you still haven’t stopped me. I might have been crushed, but I am a soul with the ‘chaos within to give rise to a dancing star‘ to quote Nietzsche, and my energy, compressed… apparently (I’ve noticed, after observing the survival of my intact soul, after countless afflictions, and attacks, have tried to dim … Continue reading Declaration against my defeat
Life can be tough, I’m sure we can all agree. Sure it’s got its beautiful moments and even years, too, but we go through life, and despite individual differences in specific circumstances, we are on a battlefield, always. You can’t afford to let your guard down, neither can you afford to simply hide away from … Continue reading The warrior and the shield
In crisis? You are definitely not alone. This post is not a cure all, just based on my own lived experiences with mental illness and suicidal crises, I hope that some of the ideas I’ve learned from myself and others, in order to survive, might be able help you when you need it so baby too. Please share the word of you can ❤️
Sometimes one feels lost, swept away, from the familiarities of days which felt happier, and it’s easy to miss what you once knew then, you can loathe and dread all the chaos of the unknown, when suddenly, days swamped you with sadness, and your next best direction feels like a cloak over your vision, of … Continue reading Short poem, or lyrics in the making
Mental health matters, so damn much! We need to do something to save ourselves, and our mental health systems in the UK…. If you don’t have time to read the full article, then please just tap this link and take 5 minutes to read the cause, then decide to sign or not. If you can … Continue reading Let’s unite for better mental health services
*probably shouldn’t be using this GIF*TW? Too late I guess! ❤️❤️❤️ Haha oh the laughs to be had! How did you spend your Valentine’s Day Ellie? Why, I got admitted to a psych ward! Awww, I love you too, plastic mattress, let’s spend the night together! 😂😂😂❤️ Credit for song and lyrics to: Ava Max- … Continue reading Valium be my Valentine
I never, ever, thought I’d have to say goodbye to you, my Mum, so soon and so unexpectedly, unfairly and incomprehensibly, as I did. You were more than my world, you were more than an Art Teacher, Mother, Wife, last surviving sibling of the two, and daughter to your own parents. More than a friend, … Continue reading Our last goodbye
I am inclined towards believing the theme here in on love, then… Once, thus far, in my lifetime as it flows, I have felt the force of love, undefineable, divine. The kind that only the fortunate, lucky soul knows, and I can only wish to feel one day again. Beautiful, growing and rebounding, like an … Continue reading DBVT- Day before Valentine’s Day poem challenge
It may have only been ‘just one night’ where I found myself , having lost a colossal extent of self belief, motivation and hope, which ‘led me to using for the night’, but a ‘lapse’ is still technically a ‘relapse’, and it needs to be faced, head on, not hidden away from. To own your … Continue reading The sadness seen in the face of a recovering addict, post- ‘lapse’/‘relapse’
What do you complain about the most? Do you know what, right now, it’s about stress. My instant emotional situation, which generally seems to have been building up and slowing down then building up and slowing down (etc)… well right now, I am so damn stressed. I can make guesses as to why, but I’m … Continue reading Questioning occurred, I complied
I want to take your hand in mine, then together, try and pull us through. A photo taken when i travelled in India… I think it fits well with the topic I realised it’s going to take more than just written words and spoken testimonies, which match like mirrors, the same actions others have tried … Continue reading To all the lost, the survivors, the families the friends. My mental health is a journey, I too must pursue.
What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time? I once did a charity skydive for Breast Cancer in 2010… that pursuit of leisure in the name of a good cause, was amazing 🤩 I’ll be honest, it’s hard for me to even remember what my own personal concept of ‘leisure’ could be. I’ve … Continue reading The leisurely pursuit of answering daily questions
Psychiatric stand up- how to wind up your 1:1 ‘constants’, and other ways of getting through the ‘madness’ of the ‘madhouse’ to wind up your 1:1 ‘constants’, and other ways of getting through the ‘madness’ of the ‘madhouse’ those who might need a laugh, whatever your circumstances- We all get one eventually! This post is … Continue reading Takes from the psych ward- ‘Psychiatric stand up’
You’re still there- no matter how lost you are ‘I’ve lost myself trying to please everyone else… Now I’m losing everyone and finding myself’ -Words written by a friend on a journey towards recovery The words of this friend got to me and moved me in quite a way. I’m sure I’m not alone in … Continue reading Losing and then finding yourself
God, doesn’t the sight of it just make you mad you can’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 ‘Humble Quote’. The question: ‘Answer This QuestionWithoutSaying, Yeah, Yea, Yo, Yes, Yah, Yup, Yap, Yep,'DO … Continue reading ‘Do you need money’?
The mental health crisis extends beyond treatment accessibility and quality, intersecting with justice and correctional systems with punitive … The Need for Systemic Reform in Mental Health I had to re-blog this brilliant post, as it addresses the key issues facing the future and the challenges which impact the widely and fatally underrepresented, ignored and … Continue reading The Need for Systemic Reform in Mental Health
Helping hands don’t go forgotten Amidst all the chaos of self centred, or overwhelmed, blinkered eyes, who are so many of the people who daily, pass us by, heads tilted to the ground, eyes desperate to dart away when your own eyes come close to meeting their glare… There are a handful of faces, names … Continue reading Shout out to all those unsung heroes- strangers who we wish we could find today, to thank properly for how they helped us in the past- *TW* (suicide, mentions of abuse, and self harm)
Please accept these links to some of my favourite ‘musical first aid’ songs! 1. ‘Song for the crickets’ - Parov Stelar: Open song in Spotify app 2. ‘Why do you only call me when you’re high?’ - Artic Monkeys: Open song in Spotify app 3. ‘Creep’- Radiohead: Open song in Spotify app 4. ‘Angel Eyes’- … Continue reading Musical first aid time
I know I need to write, to let off steam. If I don’t write, then i’ll just be left alone with the thoughts, and the thoughts are crap company. But …Contradictions
‘Do I look high to you!? Never mind my new hat, you just focus on my question!’ And my Dad swears to me that he had fed me no alcohol before taking this picture…! ‘K hole? What K hole!?’ I’m listening to the heartbeat of this soft and soothing pile of pebbles!’ So I have … Continue reading Evidence emerges to prove I have been ‘off my head’ without any need for drugs/alcohol, from the beginning. I was born this way!
Speaking about experiences of abuse of any kind- this is a post alluding to how it affects both men and women, with a personal male account from my own Dad
If you love an addict or an alcoholic, you probably struggle with sadness. Maybe your sadness has spiraled into depression, or anxiety, or some … Why We Are Sad A re-blog I simply had to share, alongside my own ‘reply’ to the perspective of the author who speaks passionately about ‘Why we are sad’… There … Continue reading Why We Are Sad- an original post I’ve re blogged…I’m addressing this subject from the point of view of ‘the other side’
Brain in bloom… let it be! Grow potatoes in a bathtub you saw discarded on a street corner, and brought home in order to turn it into a marvellous potato and salad patch! What drives me to write, why do I care? Because I have to write in order to maintain a safe distance between … Continue reading What Mind-in-Motion is all about
I may have learnt (and written about!) many techniques and strategies to manage my personality disorder, but that doesn’t mean that I’m magically … My Overwhelming Reality of BPD
2023 was a year wherein I was still asleep Slumbering through the nightmare Of all things lost, and now not there I’d lost my ability to even weep The suffering had become so normal When I began to become aware The realisation was such a scare Like id woken up dismembered on a train track … Continue reading 2023
Here’s what science shows can help keep us on track. We’ve crossed the threshold into a new decade. There’s a lot of resolution advice swirling, but … 20 Ways to Protect Your Mental Health A re-blog of an article I found to be most useful and could help many more people out there, struggling with … Continue reading 20 Ways to Protect Your Mental Health
‘Order, order, in the house!’ The MPs jeer, MPs gloat Eventually, they take their seats Mr Speaker, after all, he calls the shots You may hear the PM clear his throat They might well be thinking, as speeches are prepared Our people are fuming But we can still talk and scheme and scam Do we … Continue reading Political parody – A call to action to address the real issues of mental health
What’s life if I cannot breathe, When the trees and the leaves Just hang still, With no breeze? What’s life if I cannot see? Past the mask that I wear To exist as anyone but me? Who’s with me when I stop and think, And I ask through the mask For some answer, but just … Continue reading Poem time- What is life when it isn’t me?
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Sky Lake by Purrple Cat on #SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/purrplecat/sky-lake Listen on SoundCloud
http://www.instagram.com/reel/C1VK7Wio3tV/Click the link above to watch the heartfelt music played by a veteran survivor of suicide. The words speak of strength and determination, championing the dreadful pain and desolation which comes with Suicide- be it ideation, full planning, to the attempts themselves, whereby you literally will endure some of the most horrendous pain and struggling … Continue reading Finding the light- End suicide app awareness
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My best friend, mother, teacher and guardian angel ❤️ I actually wrote this post back on 10th December, I wrote it from my hospital bed, and I wrote it with passion and sheer gratitude that I’d had a mother like you to help teach me incredibly important lessons in life (as well as Art!) It … Continue reading Gratitude and lessons which took a while in the learning!
vm.tiktok.com/ZGeFVaqMY/ Christmas 2023- The magic of the day id forgotten was even around the corner, shocked me by how wonderful it was!
8.18 ::Lions In The Sky With Diamonds:: 8.18 by Moondrop on #SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/moondropofficial/818-lions-in-the-sky-with-diamonds-818 https://on.soundcloud.com/FfbTaBXdBMvCcxwi9
The Mask (Original) by Anna Hamill Music on #SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/anna-hamill-music/the-mask https://on.soundcloud.com/H9K9o16iQpvruj8b7-The Mask by Anna Hamill, listen on SoundCloud A song I first heard at a 'green light Unplugged' gig which was a charity gig in aid of fundraising for MacMillan Cancer care. It. Hiya me me prominently, as I lost both my close friend Emma, … Continue reading The Mask- a song so beautiful and so sad
Image credit to Linda CJ Turner In the field of neuroscience, the concept of neuronal survival and death is complex and can be influenced by various factors. Neurons are the … Abuse and the brain- credit to Linda CJ Turner Website: Linda CJ Turner website Wow. As a passionately curious individual concerning Neurology, and how … Continue reading Abuse and the brain
**In honor of September being Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month, I will be focusing my blog posts on Suicide Prevention & Education. The topic …Suicide Prevention & Education: Debunking the Myths
This Is What We Call House by MrDavid on #SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/mrdavid/this-is-what-we-call-house Dance, free your mind, literally through motion, upon anywhere you can turn into a dance floor! House is on the cards Enjoy!
Try me now… I’ve made some of the bravest decisions in my life, and broken chains which I never imagined I could even attempt to loosen. I’ve learned, and yes I’ve changed. But really, I hadn’t actually changed who I really was. I just changed my response to fear, and speaking out for myself. Then I found myself again. Changed, but miraculously, still the same person I was before.
‘Always watching, won’t miss a trick!’ Well I have to confess, I have spent a fairly ample number of days (this is as vague as I’m admitting, could be under twenty- eight, could also be nearing the thousands- I won’t spoil your fun, it’s yours to guess!) sectioned under the Mental Heath Act, within a … Continue reading Tales from the ‘Psych Ward’- Hilarious ways to disturb your 1:1 constant
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I can tell you a story, about a young woman’s journey, using pictures in place of words, which span chapters, unwritten yet brimming with a story, telling of a 6 year progression of a journey, told through the time evidenced in alteration. The story starts in 2009, when I was first travelling around the world, … Continue reading A story told, through a face etched with transmutation, speaking without words
▶️ Watch this reel https://www.facebook.com/reel/1048125666390547?fs=e&mibextid=UalRPS&fs=e&s=aEkTS0 These are a few reels I made for my linked Facebook page for Mind in Motion, if you need a quick dose of an uplift, you may enjoy ❤️ Freedom
Don’t look for light in the world of darkness,Instead be your own guiding light. Dr.Sonika Revankar Don’t look for light in the … I stumbled upon this fellow blogger’s post, and resonated with it deeply. It’s helped me remember this important truth. It’s one which we should never let go of. Appreciations go to the … Continue reading Don’t look for light in the …
Where do I turn? When memories come back to you, like a guiding flashlight, rejoice in the guidance they can offer you, through remembering a distant time ago, before your sense of direction became scrambled by adversity. Back in 2018 I sat out at dusk, upon my mother’s patio, hidden within the trees, and those … Continue reading When memories whisper consolation to you…
Writing Fanfiction in the worlds of Tolkien and Beyond!
Simple words about a complex life.
Growing Through Books, Defying Social Norms
A Journey of Mental Health Recovery
Writing Sparkle Books
Erotic stories for you
Curiosity is a Mental Wanderlust, and Mind Wandering is the process of connecting loose strings of creative thought.
Sometimes You Just Gotta Laugh
Our thoughts define us, so let's focus on a few.
Kinda a poet. Kinda a writer. But not really...
writer. rythmn seeker.
Chaos may Surround you, but Clarity is your Breakthrough.
"Most all of us are mad round here..."
Every step for a brighter path
Mind-in-motion 