Potion for your Mind’s Motion- Art, Comedy, Mental Health, Imperfect poems, Lived Experience Stories, Advice (good and bad)
Do you vote in political elections? Absolutely… But why? Exactly. I’m literally refusing to let myself get into the topic of how I bring myself to do it. I’m still paying off my student debt to convince myself why I should or should not vote… and that’s ridiculous. I have qualified in the Art of … Continue reading Does a Politics and Philosophy graduate vote?
Am I ‘allowed’ to post about NOT being ALRIGHT?💙‘It’s okay not to be okay’💚 I wonder why I felt as though this even had to be considered a question… self doubt’s reliable ‘on’ 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 ‘self’…
Do you practice religion? No Why? Because I am Spiritual There’s a reason behind everything. If you can listen to me, I can elaborate; Reasons aplenty, so people respond and react to certain words and ‘definitions’, because the truth is- Language seems to be one, of many, assets which humans do possess , which enable … Continue reading I practice Spirituality, not religion 🌲
Word to describe myself? Tough one- but I’m going to go with ‘Spirited’ ‘Spirited’ I have not the audacity to call myself ‘unconquerable’, 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!?
I hope you enjoyed reading these powerful quotes and messages, and that in all their diversity, you find one or two… or three! Which resonate with you strongly, wherever you are in your journey right now! ❤️
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 December…. I’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!?
Do you trust your instincts? Would YOU trust this person’s instincts!? Exactly as I thought- NOT A CHANCE 🤣 Seriously though, no I do not trust my instincts! I maybe once thought I could, and subsequently made the error of trusting them in years gone by… But if only you could see the train wreck … Continue reading Absolutely no chance do I ‘trust my instincts’!
What's the first impression you want to give people? Oftentimes… RUN! 🤣😶🌫️🫣 I could be a psychedelic Jaws for all you know!
Discuss, free souls… I am desperate hear your voice xxx
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 work… Not a headline many people will warm to!
What could you do more of? Stanley cannot even believe I’m about to admit this, but… 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 won’t get one today
What's the best piece of advice you've ever received? I’ve received a lot of brilliant advice over time, and to be honest, it’s going to be way too difficult to narrow it down, so I’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
Which topics would you like to be more informed about? You ask, ‘which topics would I like to be more informed about?’… This is considerate of a daily question prompt, to ask, and appreciation for a false sense of a blogging app’s daily generated prompts might actually give a real fuck, about the lonesome writers … Continue reading Disclaimer: My current mood and mindset is far off the sensible’ or ‘behave like an adult’ radar. Answers to Questions may experience adverse side effects.
Question that’s tickling my brain: Why do people say: ‘they wouldn’t say boo to a Goose’ when trying to describe quiet/shy/reserved people? What? I’m not a quiet person at all- but I myself would not go around saying ‘BOO!’ To Geese either- who ever did say BOO to a Goose in order to be classified … Continue reading Tickling my brain- WHO ever first said ‘boo’ to a Goose- regardless of how shy!?
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: ‘See-an-Elf-Bar’ 🤣🤩🫠🌈 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) 🌈🤩🪩🕺💃🎶❤️☮️ 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
How would you describe yourself to someone who can't see you? The chance to reinvent a ‘description’ so suit some eyes that cannot see me… harder than it sounds, and you perhaps I’m not actually the one best qualified anyway… Wow, I’m trying to not overthink this or overanalyse the variables which I always feel … Continue reading Ooooohhh what a question!
Psychedelics- I need your help (I think) A disclaimer:I don’t mean to be insensitive, I’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
Which activities make you lose track of time? What a question! 😂 I can’t tell whether it’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! It’s been suggested many times I get assessed for ADHD… I have tried, … Continue reading Does ADHD class as an ‘activity’!?
Daily prompt- What gets better with age? My blunt answer…
Describe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life. Throughout life so far, I’ve tended to notice an unexpected trend, which has made itself known to me, despite extenuated hype surrounding the ‘thing’ in question, it really does seem to be the case that the ‘bigger’ the thing it is, in life, … Continue reading Love for the little things in life- love your pencil ❤️🎨
How do you know when it’s time to unplug? What do you do to make it happen? Lush memories… Bath bomb Art, courtesy of Lush, and back when I could afford any such article 🤣 To answer today’s daily prompt of a question, I answered thus: ‘How do you know when to unplug?’ Why, When … Continue reading I’m not really in a serious mood, so…
What does "having it all" mean to you? Is it attainable? On ‘attaining it all’ Can it be done? My view: To ‘have it all’, is a misconception of any aspiration, throughout human history and everything we can ever learn and experience, whilst riding out the vast storm, a turbulence of life, tumultuous plus unpredictably … Continue reading ‘Having it all’ means having closeness to ‘no more’
How do you feel about cold weather? How do I feel about ‘cold’ weather.? Did you know for a start, there is no such thing as ‘cold’, just an absence of heat? You’re welcome- I’m available to defy and to confuse Ona regular basis! Returning to the point: How do I feel about ‘weather’ whereby … Continue reading Allow me to be contrary about this question…
Do you have a quote you live your life by or think of often? Yes I most certainly do have quotes which I try to remember to think of, in order to assist me in the process of living life, which as we all know, turns out to be far from easy, with a continuum … Continue reading Living life with the aid of good quotes
What is your career plan? Overthrow the government, sort out the broken system with a good sound system! Rave away, Theresa May! Sunak resign- I shall initiate this redesign! All in favour say Aye!?
🥰 What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness? This question is useful beyond measure to a great degree, especially to fall back upon in times of deep struggles. When you’re in your darkest moments, it’s far from easy to just be able to pull up a list from your head, of any single … Continue reading The famous five… top everyday things that bring me happiness
If you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why? An icon of pure strength, sexy, stubborn, fiercely intelligent. Like a phoenix, Seven embarks upon a journey of rediscovering the ‘self’ after a hive mind ordeal, entrapment by Borg captivity, she had her individuality purged. Yet despite the darkness … Continue reading 7 of 9- The brilliant breaker of the Borg’s grasp, rescued by the crew of Star Trek Voyager
When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up? My child self, not yet afflicted, totally blissfully unaware of anything other than the freedom to dream I can literally visualise the scenery and the image etched in my memory, transporting me back in time instantly, to answer this. In the … Continue reading Aspirations of my 5 year old self
What job would you do for free? In the midst of the madness in which I am currently (and really, always have been, but never so aware of the extent to which I am trapped inside it) I will agree with the part of myself that is commanding me to finish off some final writing … Continue reading The job I would and will always do for free- but hear me now, the world has never been so close to losing me
What makes you laugh? This time, the daily oracle answered thus- My own demise. It’s gone stage Mother of Dragons, pal! It can be so fucking bad it’s just plain funny. Then what do you do? Why, you laugh your way back to life! 🌈☮️😂 They said…
What do you wish you could do more every day? Honestly? I’d have to go with the answer indulging in the daily indulgence of pure Ecstasy every day. I do have other less controversial answers, but I’m going with this honest one, because, you know, Ecstasy! Yay I’m talking pure 90s rave era level, of … Continue reading Things I shouldn’t say
What is one word that describes you? What and who the hell am I? My word: ‘Unwavering’ Only because it sounds more poetic and complimentary than ‘stubborn’, ‘defiant’, ‘relentless’, ‘disobedient’, words which I agree do fit my personality, but were usually used in ‘bollockings’ through school years, professional years, and even just generally lost but … Continue reading ‘Ellieism’- One word to describe me, the Ellie who requires her own ‘ism’
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’!
Where would you go on a shopping spree? I call this ‘optimism’, because the daily question assumes one would have money to go on a ‘shopping spree’ in the first instance… So I’m going to have to go with ‘imagination land’. That’s where I’d be going for a ‘shopping spree’… There is no overdraft upon … Continue reading Optimism…
What is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance? Daily question of the day, I answer you as follows: ‘No, does it fuck.’ Sorry, not aspiring to be J.K Rowling as a standard for a writer here. 🙄 I will mention that my daughter’s middle name has significance, though. 🥰 Her middle name … Continue reading You ask me a question, and my reply is blunt
What is the last thing you learned? Excuse me, my heart is still beating, therefore, I’m not at my ‘last’ yet! The LAST? Taking this question too literally is a recipe for disaster! It was only an innocent daily prompt, but my word, if you took this one to heart, you’d be worrying your days … Continue reading How to ask a question which gives the ‘questioned’, some worrying doomsday impression!
What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain. Say what? ‘So, I must ask you Ellie, how come someone who’s got a University Degree and a brain like yours ended up an addict who’s also been sectioned on a mental health ward?!’ The question itself is easy and funny to answer if I’m … Continue reading Oh I Love this for a daily Question!
You're writing your autobiography. What's your opening sentence? I’d be pretty straight up about it, I think: ‘I come in peace, but forewarn you, that as a result of reading my autobiography, you may wind up requiring psychiatric intervention, strong medication, therapy, a year of sleep to deal with the intensely eventful, chaotic, philosophical, tangent … Continue reading Daily ‘answers’ (can be mood dependent) to daily questions, let’s go!
What is the biggest challenge you will face in the next six months? I’ll keep it short and sweet for once. Life is incredibly unpredictable. Biggest challenge I’ll face in the next six months? How. The. Fuck Would I know!? Daily prompt, I am starting to question your integrity. Even my crystal ball can’t cooperate … Continue reading Anyone with any sense will understand my reaction to such a question
Wow… 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 didn’t exist, which I turned into my own direction The last one standing at the rave, who wouldn’t stop, … Continue reading My biography might be titled…
Question of day prompt You know what, this question is so broad and open ended, that, as a Philosopher trapped inside an idiot’s mind, I’m probably going to have to just make this a quick answer. Because; it’s 7.15 am, and I’ve been thinking so much about so bloody much, all night, that I am … Continue reading You get some really great, amazing news. What’s the first thing you do?
List your top 5 grocery store items. But there is SO much asking me to buy it… what did I even come in here for!? Answering this #dailyprompt is definitely harder than it should be. The answer should be simple, but we all know it isn’t. You walk into any shop with a specific list … Continue reading Shop dilemmas
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