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SNIPPETS OF THOUGHT ‘This too shall pass’ -Retrieved from my first blog, where I originally wrote and published this- March 30th 2017- DANCINGWITHENVELOPES Over this last week, it became increasingly apparent that I was moving forwards from Depression. I suddenly had feelings again, I wasn’t under a bell jar, my surroundings were inviting me to … Continue reading REMEMBERING THE ROUTE TOWARDS THE ‘UP’
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?
Trigger Warning- References to suicide and self harm, this is a poem I wrong months and months ago before today, when I found it in saved drafts, I decided to publish it, due to the poignance and the power of the ; and it’s meaning, and significance, worth and hope…
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’…
My own original Artwork- On Prison abolition- a poetic expression to share a viewpoint Throughout life’s glinted Halls of Ivy Where sections, two, to section three Plus 136, 54, 52 Impound the freedom you thought you knew Primed in cuffs, restraints and force Unwilling, you face oppression’s source Extra curricular, custodial schools Unwitting descents, versed … Continue reading Unwitting descents cause’ it’s the law- A poem about incarceration and freedom
Whenever you turn over that old familiar phrase: ‘Hitting Rock Bottom’, what do you think of? ‘Rock bottom’- in reference to a ‘place’ which words, fears, struggles and experiences, have all come together, in a tragedy of human sufferings, to create language which wields such a strange power, to turn memory and words into a … Continue reading Slipping as I am gripping
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! ❤️
Hello! A question we can all benefit from sharing between us… What are some of the different ways people try to keep themselves distracted/occupied/ mentally engaged for lengths of time? I’m talking: Coping strategies for those extra tough days, a new challenge to try doing something new or different, ways to try and keep your … Continue reading Sharing mind hacks for our minds in motion!
I feel the terror of acknowledgment My whole mind and body, thoughts and beliefs Have been fabricated by cruel trauma’s pretence I’ve been living my whole life in the narrative of the past tense See that colour, glimpse that number? Awaken thy devil’s idle slumber I remember staring, into that stud of a groove, Piercing … Continue reading Making sense
Yay! https://mindinmotion.home.blog/?page_id=3533 🌈 Blog Welcome to a world of limitless possibilities, where the journey is as exhilarating as the destination, and where every moment is an opportunity to make your mark on the canvas of existence. The only limit is the extent of your imagination. Mind In Motion- You'll love who we are Navigating life's … Continue reading Have a free poem day! Happy free poem day to you all!
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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!?
More than just a ‘service’ So I admit it… Recently, I’ve had a great deal of negative and emotionally charged declarations of fury to spurt out in angry statements, regarding the NHS, and ‘the state of the present day failings’ which recent experiences may well have influenced in shaping my words. In fact, I’ve been … Continue reading Smiles rise across faces, like silent songs, hushing storms as they pass
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.
One of the most heartbreaking songs I ever improvised, singing out what I genuinely believed to be my last goodbyes, feeling lost to the dark and dreadful lure of suicide, I found myself singing this song because I couldn’t say the words ‘help’ any louder than I already had been doing for years in my … Continue reading The Echoes- Sounds that in fact always reverberate, even if to human ears they ‘fade’… My song which was not ‘my last’ after all.
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!?
Web. 10 Dark Truths that will Make You Stronger. Well worthy re-blog!
Top tips for people in blips - saving yourself from suicide,
A work in progress I’m creating as I too, travel along this life’s journey 🌈❤️
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!
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’!?
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 expressed… We could write and speak, mask and pretend all we like, if only we could, and also, if only we didn’t inadvertently do our mental wellbeing harm, … Continue reading Sketch your emotions free
‘Ellie, when I woke up and tripped over you on the floor next to the fireplace, you looked like you’d been fucked in a skip!’ -Were the words of wisdom, as the person I could swear had definitely passed out after being FAR more wrecked than I myself had wound up, the night before. Indeed, … Continue reading Throwback quotes of funnier days
A short read reflecting on the gratitude I have for everything my late mother gave me while she was here, and after…
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 ❤️🎨
Hmmm… Hi, I’m a Gemini, and whilst playing a piano , I have managed also, to become distracted by something on saw on Facebook… Already, I think it’s possible to predict how this Gemini’s Tuesday morning tangent is going! 😂 Whilst in the middle of playing improvised songs on my piano (well keyboard, but still, … Continue reading Zodiac projections- just for fun, where does the Gemini ‘fit’?
You won’t know until you know, or I’ve died trying to achieve an end which is for the greater good, particularly in terms of politics, philosophy, and end to globalised corruption, and the primary concern of helping others- most specifically in the dual circumstances of addiction and mental health- but what I’m finding out is … Continue reading A warning…
For several soundless seasons passedI’ve searched my future, present, past I’m looking for the tools I hadBack in some age where days were glad I thought about the skills I had, and subsequently, I began to grope my mind Language would follow meThrough my daysThen help me translateThe joy and the wretched,The divine, the unknown,All … Continue reading Newly discovered old Poem
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!
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’!
‘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
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
So I have recently started writing in a journal with actual pen and paper again, for myself, because I realised the potential benefits to one’s mental health from this. This is what ended up happening, and I don’t even understand how or why! The doodled perspective of Old skool phone with its daily challenges I … Continue reading Empathy gone too far…
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
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 ❤️
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.
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’?
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!
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
If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say? Just add words… Well… This is one of those prompts which you endeavour to write a post responding to it, with greater confidence in the first few seconds whereby you throw yourself into the challenge of answering, because it sounds easier to answer before you … Continue reading Question of the day- What would my sign say?
What are your biggest challenges? Due to this being a challenging prompt to answer. I have started things off with some delightful fractal colour My biggest challenges? I’d say one of my biggest challenges I’ve struggled with in life for many years now, is the task of acceptance and presenting to the world the ‘true’ … Continue reading Question of the day time, round 1 of 2024
First Glass Bauble A glass bauble hangs first, Itself, upon bristles flat, fat and green. In relief, windows shatter the surface of the dome. The canvas is cracked, into several shards Illuminating onthe curve, where the shine Peaks. Green bristles, flat though they are Exist in as a life in the current of living, A … Continue reading First glass bauble- a poem from my old blog
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!
Put Down Your Weapons by -King Porter Stomp- on #SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/king-porter-stomp/put-down-your-weapons Put down your weapons by King Porter Stomp - Listen and move your body as you feel you want. On SoundCloud.
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
I have realised that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is. We are living … Waking Up to Who You Are A re-blog of one of the most powerful posts I’ve ever read, it had me gripped, enshrouded by mixed … Continue reading Waking Up to Who You Are
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.
Say Something - Cover by Eve.Robinson on #SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/eve-robinson-4/say-something-cover Sounds that need hearing!
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